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OVARIAN VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ovarian vein mean?
• OVARIAN VEIN (noun)
The noun OVARIAN VEIN has 1 sense:
1. one of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein
Familiarity information: OVARIAN VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
ovarian vein; vena ovarica
Hypernyms ("ovarian vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
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