mesenteric vein

1. 1.

   a tributary of the portal vein passing from the intestine between the two layers of mesentery

   Synonymsvena mesenterica

   Broadervein

Questions about mesenteric vein

What does mesenteric vein mean?

mesenteric vein means "a tributary of the portal vein passing from the intestine between the two layers of mesentery".

What is another word for mesenteric vein?

Close synonyms include vena mesenterica. 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 mesenteric vein a common word?

mesenteric 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.