sigmoid vein

1. 1.

   tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein; drains the sigmoid colon

   Synonymsvena sigmoideus

   Broadervein

   Part ofcolon

Questions about sigmoid vein

What does sigmoid vein mean?

sigmoid vein means "tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein; drains the sigmoid colon".

What is another word for sigmoid vein?

Close synonyms include vena sigmoideus. 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 sigmoid vein a common word?

sigmoid 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.