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RECTAL VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rectal vein mean?
• RECTAL VEIN (noun)
The noun RECTAL VEIN has 1 sense:
1. any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum
Familiarity information: RECTAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
hemorrhoidal vein; rectal vein; vena rectalis
Hypernyms ("rectal 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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