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PANCREATIC VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pancreatic vein mean?
• PANCREATIC VEIN (noun)
The noun PANCREATIC VEIN has 1 sense:
1. veins draining the pancreas and emptying into the superior mesenteric and splenic veins
Familiarity information: PANCREATIC VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Veins draining the pancreas and emptying into the superior mesenteric and splenic veins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
pancreatic vein; venae pancreatica
Hypernyms ("pancreatic 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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