VENA GASTRICA SINISTRA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein

Synonyms:

left gastric vein; vena gastrica sinistra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vena gastrica sinistra" is a kind of...):

gastric vein; vena gastrica (one of several veins draining the stomach walls)

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