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BASIVERTEBRAL VEIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus
Synonyms:
basivertebral vein; vena basivertebralis
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Hypernyms ("basivertebral vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)