hemizygous vein

1. 1.

   a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein

   Synonymshemizygos veinvena hemizygos

   Broadervein

Questions about hemizygous vein

What does hemizygous vein mean?

hemizygous vein means "a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein".

What is another word for hemizygous vein?

Close synonyms include hemizygos vein, vena hemizygos. 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.