EPIGASTRIC VEIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins serving the anterior walls of the abdomen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("epigastric vein" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "epigastric vein"):

inferior epigastric vein; vena epigastrica inferior (empties into the external iliac vein)

superficial epigastric vein; vena epigastrica superficialis (empties into the great saphenous vein)

superior epigastric veins; venae epigastricae superiores (veins that accompany the superior epigastric artery)

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