BASIVERTEBRAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basivertebral vein mean? 

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

1. one of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASIVERTEBRAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

basivertebral vein; vena basivertebralis

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

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