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SPINAL VEIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Veins that drain the spinal cord
Synonyms:
spinal vein; vena spinalis
Classified under:
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)