ILEOCOLIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ileocolic vein mean? 

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

1. a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILEOCOLIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ileocolic vein; vena ileocolica

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

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