| NOUN | body | vena gastrica, gastric vein | one of several veins draining the stomach walls |
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| Meaning | One of several veins draining the stomach walls. | |
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| Synonym | gastric vein | |
| Part of | stomach, tummy, tum, breadbasket | An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal |
| Narrower | left gastric vein, vena gastrica sinistra | Arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia |
| pyloric vein, right gastric vein, vena gastrica-dextra | Receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein | |
| Broader | vein, vena, venous blood vessel | A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart |
| Spanish | vena gástrica | |
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