UTERINE VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uterine vein mean? 

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

1. one of two veins on each side that arise from the uterine plexus and empty into the internal iliac vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UTERINE VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two veins on each side that arise from the uterine plexus and empty into the internal iliac vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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