vena hemizygos

1. 1.

   a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein

   Synonymshemizygos veinhemizygous vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena hemizygos

What does vena hemizygos mean?

vena hemizygos means "a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein".

What is another word for vena hemizygos?

Close synonyms include hemizygos vein, hemizygous 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.