bronchial vein

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   veins serving the bronchi; empty into the azygos vein

   Synonymsvena bronchialis

   Broadervein

Questions about bronchial vein

What does bronchial vein mean?

bronchial vein means "veins serving the bronchi; empty into the azygos vein".

What is another word for bronchial vein?

Close synonyms include vena bronchialis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bronchial vein a common word?

bronchial vein is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.