vena ileocolica

1. 1.

   a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon

   Synonymsileocolic vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena ileocolica

What does vena ileocolica mean?

vena ileocolica means "a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon".

What is another word for vena ileocolica?

Close synonyms include ileocolic 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 ileocolica a common word?

vena ileocolica 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.