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    VENA PULMONALIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heartplay

    Synonyms:

    pulmonary vein; vena pulmonalis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("vena pulmonalis" 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 "vena pulmonalis"):

    inferior pulmonary vein; vena pulmanalis inferior (either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungs)

    superior pulmonary vein; vena pulmonalis superior (either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the superior lobes of the lungs)

    Holonyms ("vena pulmonalis" is a part of...):

    lung (either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood)

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