SPLENIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splenic vein mean? 

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

1. a vein formed by several small veins on the surface of the spleen; joins the superior mesenteric to form the portal vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLENIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein formed by several small veins on the surface of the spleen; joins the superior mesenteric to form the portal vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

splenic vein; vena lienalis

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

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

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

lien; spleen (a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses)

 Context examples 

A blood vessel running parallel to the inferior pancreatico-duodenal artery that drains blood from the pancreas and duodenum into the splenic vein.

(Inferior Pancreatico-Duodenal Vein, NCI Thesaurus)