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THORACOEPIGASTRIC VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thoracoepigastric vein mean?
• THORACOEPIGASTRIC VEIN (noun)
The noun THORACOEPIGASTRIC VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a vein arising from the region of the superficial epigastric vein and opening into the axillary vein or thoracic vein
Familiarity information: THORACOEPIGASTRIC VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• THORACOEPIGASTRIC VEIN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vein arising from the region of the superficial epigastric vein and opening into the axillary vein or thoracic vein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
thoracoepigastric vein; vena thoracoepigastrica
Hypernyms ("thoracoepigastric 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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