pulmonary vein

1. 1.

   any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart

   Synonymsvena pulmonalis

   Broadervein

   Narrowerinferior pulmonary veinsuperior pulmonary vein

   Part oflung

Questions about pulmonary vein

What does pulmonary vein mean?

pulmonary vein means "any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart".

What is another word for pulmonary vein?

Close synonyms include vena pulmonalis. 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 pulmonary vein a common word?

pulmonary 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.