SPINAL VEIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that drain the spinal cord

Synonyms:

spinal vein; vena spinalis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

medulla spinalis; spinal cord (a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region)

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