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CENTRAL VEINS OF LIVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids
Synonyms:
central veins of liver; venae centrales hepatis
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Hypernyms ("central veins of liver" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)