epigastric vein

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   veins serving the anterior walls of the abdomen

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   Narrowerinferior epigastric veinsuperficial epigastric veinsuperior epigastric veins

Questions about epigastric vein

What does epigastric vein mean?

epigastric vein means "veins serving the anterior walls of the abdomen".

Is epigastric vein a common word?

epigastric 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.