VENA OVARICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena ovarica mean? 

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

1. one of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA OVARICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ovarian vein; vena ovarica

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

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