CARDINAL VEIN

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Meaning:

Any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("cardinal vein" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cardinal vein"):

anterior cardinal vein (a major drainage channel from the cephalic part of the body)

posterior cardinal vein (a major drainage channel from the caudal part of the body)

common cardinal vein (the major return channels to the heart; formed by anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal veins)