vena gastrica sinistra

1. 1.

   arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein

   Synonymsleft gastric vein

   Broadergastric vein

Questions about vena gastrica sinistra

What does vena gastrica sinistra mean?

vena gastrica sinistra means "arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein".

What is another word for vena gastrica sinistra?

Close synonyms include left gastric 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 gastrica sinistra a common word?

vena gastrica sinistra 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.