CENTRAL VEINS OF LIVER

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 I. (noun) 

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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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Nouns denoting body parts

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)

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