vena rectalis

1. 1.

   any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum

   Synonymshemorrhoidal veinrectal vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena rectalis

What does vena rectalis mean?

vena rectalis means "any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum".

What is another word for vena rectalis?

Close synonyms include hemorrhoidal vein, rectal 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 rectalis a common word?

vena rectalis 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.