HyperDic: gastroepiploic_vein

English > 1 sense of the expression gastroepiploic vein:
NOUNbodygastroepiploic vein, gastroomental vein, vena gastroomentalisone of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach
English > gastroepiploic vein: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningOne of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach.
Synonymsgastroomental vein, vena gastroomentalis
Part ofstomach, tummy, tum, breadbasketAn enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal
Broadervein, vena, venous blood vesselA blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

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