vena pulmonalis

1. 1.

   any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart

   Synonymspulmonary vein

   Broadervein

   Narrowerinferior pulmonary veinsuperior pulmonary vein

   Part oflung

Questions about vena pulmonalis

What does vena pulmonalis mean?

vena pulmonalis means "any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart".

What is another word for vena pulmonalis?

Close synonyms include pulmonary 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 pulmonalis a common word?

vena pulmonalis 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.