RENAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does renal vein mean? 

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

1. veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd lumbar vertebra

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd lumbar vertebra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

renal vein; vena renalis

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

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

Holonyms ("renal vein" is a part of...):

kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)

 Context examples 

A vein that forms the spermatic plexus to drain the left testis into the left renal vein.

(Left Spermatic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The right adrenal vein empties directly into the inferior vena cava and the left adrenal vein empties into the left renal vein.

(Adrenal Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The concave area of the kidney through which the renal artery enters and the renal vein and ureter exit the organ.

(Hilar Area of the Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)