paraumbilical vein

1. 1.

   small veins arising in skin around the navel; terminate as accessory portal veins

   Synonymsvena paraumbilicalis

   Broadervein

Questions about paraumbilical vein

What does paraumbilical vein mean?

paraumbilical vein means "small veins arising in skin around the navel; terminate as accessory portal veins".

What is another word for paraumbilical vein?

Close synonyms include vena paraumbilicalis. 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 paraumbilical vein a common word?

paraumbilical 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.