AZYGOS VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does azygos vein mean? 

• AZYGOS VEIN (noun)
  The noun AZYGOS VEIN has 1 sense:

1. one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava

  Familiarity information: AZYGOS VEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AZYGOS VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

azygos vein; azygous vein; vena azygos

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

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

 Context examples 

The veins that drain the bronchi then form two branches where the right side drains into the right azygos vein and the left side drains into the left superior intercostal or left upper azygos vein.

(Bronchial Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

A small lobe sometimes found on the upper part of the right lung, formed by an infolding of the pleura and separated from the rest of the upper lobe by a deep groove lodging the azygos vein.

(Azygos Lobe, NCI Thesaurus)