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VENA CIRCUMFLEXA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena circumflexa mean? 

VENA CIRCUMFLEXA (noun)
  The noun VENA CIRCUMFLEXA has 1 sense:

1. any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same nameplay

  Familiarity information: VENA CIRCUMFLEXA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VENA CIRCUMFLEXA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same name

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

circumflex vein; vena circumflexa

Hypernyms ("vena circumflexa" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vena circumflexa"):

circumflex iliac vein; vena circumflexa ilium (accompanies the artery of the same name)

circumflex femoral vein; vena circumflexus femoris (either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh)


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