vena azygos

1. 1.

   one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava

   Synonymsazygos veinazygous vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena azygos

What does vena azygos mean?

vena azygos means "one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava".

What is another word for vena azygos?

Close synonyms include azygos vein, azygous vein. 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 vena azygos a common word?

vena azygos 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.