VENA SPINALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena spinalis mean? 

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

1. veins that drain the spinal cord

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA SPINALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that drain the spinal cord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

spinal vein; vena spinalis

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

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

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

medulla spinalis; spinal cord (a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region)