SIGMOID VEIN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein; drains the sigmoid colon

Synonyms:

sigmoid vein; vena sigmoideus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

Holonyms ("sigmoid vein" is a part of...):

colon (the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted)