HyperDic: left_gastric_vein

English > 1 sense of the expression left gastric vein:
NOUNbodyleft gastric vein, vena gastrica sinistraarises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia
English > left gastric vein: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningArises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein.
Synonymvena gastrica sinistra
Broadergastric vein, vena gastricaOne of several veins draining the stomach walls
Spanishvena gástrica izquierda, vena gastrica sinistra

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