hemorrhoidal vein

1. 1.

   any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum

   Synonymsrectal veinvena rectalis

   Broadervein

Questions about hemorrhoidal vein

What does hemorrhoidal vein mean?

hemorrhoidal vein means "any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum".

What is another word for hemorrhoidal vein?

Close synonyms include rectal vein, vena rectalis. 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 hemorrhoidal vein a common word?

hemorrhoidal 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.