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THALAMOSTRIATE VEIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vein serving the thalamus and corpus striatum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("thalamostriate 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 "thalamostriate vein"):
superior thalamostriate vein (a long vein that helps to form the internal cerebral vein)
inferior thalamostriate vein; striate vein (tributaries to the basal vein)