MUSCULOPHRENIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musculophrenic vein mean? 

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

1. veins that drain the upper abdominal wall and the lower intercostal spaces and the abdomen

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCULOPHRENIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that drain the upper abdominal wall and the lower intercostal spaces and the abdomen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

musculophrenic vein; vena musculophrenica

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

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