VENA GASTROOMENTALIS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach

Synonyms:

gastroepiploic vein; gastroomental vein; vena gastroomentalis

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vena gastroomentalis" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Holonyms ("vena gastroomentalis" is a part of...):

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

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