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    GENICULAR VEIN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Veins that drain blood from structures around the knee; empty into the popliteal veinplay

    Synonyms:

    genicular vein; vena genus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

    articulatio genus; genu; human knee; knee; knee joint (hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella)

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