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ESOPHAGEAL VEINS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does esophageal veins mean?
• ESOPHAGEAL VEINS (noun)
The noun ESOPHAGEAL VEINS has 1 sense:
1. small veins from the esophagus emptying into the brachiocephalic vein or the azygos veins
Familiarity information: ESOPHAGEAL VEINS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small veins from the esophagus emptying into the brachiocephalic vein or the azygos veins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
esophageal veins; oesophageal veins; venae esophageae
Hypernyms ("esophageal veins" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
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