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GASTROEPIPLOIC VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gastroepiploic vein mean?
• GASTROEPIPLOIC VEIN (noun)
The noun GASTROEPIPLOIC VEIN has 1 sense:
1. one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach
Familiarity information: GASTROEPIPLOIC VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
gastroepiploic vein; gastroomental vein; vena gastroomentalis
Hypernyms ("gastroepiploic vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Holonyms ("gastroepiploic vein" is a part of...):
breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)
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