OESOPHAGEAL VEINS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oesophageal veins mean? 

• OESOPHAGEAL VEINS (noun)
  The noun OESOPHAGEAL VEINS has 1 sense:

1. small veins from the esophagus emptying into the brachiocephalic vein or the azygos veins

  Familiarity information: OESOPHAGEAL VEINS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OESOPHAGEAL VEINS (noun)

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 ("oesophageal veins" is a kind of...):

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