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CIRCUMFLEX VEIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same name

Synonyms:

circumflex vein; vena circumflexa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("circumflex 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 "circumflex vein"):

circumflex iliac vein; vena circumflexa ilium (accompanies the artery of the same name)

circumflex femoral vein; vena circumflexus femoris (either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh)

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