oblique vein of the left atrium

1. 1.

   a tributary of the coronary sinus; on the posterior wall of the left atrium

   Synonymsvena obliqua atrii sinistri

   Broadervein

Questions about oblique vein of the left atrium

What does oblique vein of the left atrium mean?

oblique vein of the left atrium means "a tributary of the coronary sinus; on the posterior wall of the left atrium".

What is another word for oblique vein of the left atrium?

Close synonyms include vena obliqua atrii sinistri. 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 oblique vein of the left atrium a common word?

oblique vein of the left atrium 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.