HyperDic: accompanying_vein

English > 1 sense of the expression *accompanying vein*:
NOUN	body	accompanying vein, vena comitans	a vein accompanying another structure

English > *accompanying vein*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	A vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return.
Synonym	vena comitans
Broader	vein, vena, venous blood vessel	A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
Spanish	vena comitans
Catalan	vena comitans