PYLORIC VEIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein

Synonyms:

pyloric vein; right gastric vein; vena gastrica-dextra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

gastric vein; vena gastrica (one of several veins draining the stomach walls)

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