vena gastrica
English Thesaurus
1. one of several veins draining the stomach walls (noun.body)
hypernym | : | vein, vena, venous blood vessel, |
definition | : | a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | left gastric vein, vena gastrica sinistra, |
definition | : | arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | pyloric vein, right gastric vein, vena gastrica-dextra, |
definition | : | receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | breadbasket, stomach, tum, tummy, |
definition | : | an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion (noun.body) |
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