HyperDic: iliac_vein

English > 1 sense of the expression iliac vein:
NOUNbodyiliac vein, vena iliacaone of three veins draining the pelvic area
English > iliac vein: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningOne of three veins draining the pelvic area.
Synonymvena iliaca
Narrowercommon iliac veinformed by the internal and external iliac veins
external iliac veinA continuation of the femoral vein
hypogastric vein, internal iliac veinA vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein
Broadervein, vena, venous blood vesselA blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
Spanishvena iliaca, vena ilíaca
Catalanvena ilíaca

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