HEMORRHOIDAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemorrhoidal vein mean? 

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

1. any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMORRHOIDAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hemorrhoidal vein; rectal vein; vena rectalis

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

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