vena phrenica

1. 1.

   either of two veins that drain the diaphragm

   Synonymsphrenic vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena phrenica

What does vena phrenica mean?

vena phrenica means "either of two veins that drain the diaphragm".

What is another word for vena phrenica?

Close synonyms include phrenic 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 phrenica a common word?

vena phrenica 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.