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    GASTROOMENTAL VEIN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    One of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomachplay

    Synonyms:

    gastroepiploic vein; gastroomental vein; vena gastroomentalis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

    Holonyms ("gastroomental vein" is a part of...):

    breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

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