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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 name
Familiarity information: VENA CIRCUMFLEXA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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