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VENAE RENIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Veins of the kidney; drain the kidney into the renal vein
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("venae renis" 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 "venae renis"):
venae interlobulares renis (interlobular veins of the kidney; receive blood from the arcuate vein and empty into the renal veins)
Holonyms ("venae renis" is a part of...):
kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)