VENA HEMIZYGOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena hemizygos mean? 

• VENA HEMIZYGOS (noun)
  The noun VENA HEMIZYGOS has 1 sense:

1. a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA HEMIZYGOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hemizygos vein; hemizygous vein; vena hemizygos

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

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