VENA PULMONALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena pulmonalis mean? 

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

1. any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA PULMONALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

pulmonary vein; vena pulmonalis

Hypernyms ("vena pulmonalis" 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 pulmonalis"):

inferior pulmonary vein; vena pulmanalis inferior (either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungs)

superior pulmonary vein; vena pulmonalis superior (either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the superior lobes of the lungs)

Holonyms ("vena pulmonalis" is a part of...):

lung (either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood)