rectal vein

1. 1.

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

   Synonymshemorrhoidal veinvena rectalis

   Broadervein

Questions about rectal vein

What does rectal vein mean?

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

What is another word for rectal vein?

Close synonyms include hemorrhoidal 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 rectal vein a common word?

rectal 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.