vena umbilicalis

1. 1.

   a vein in the umbilical cord; returns nutrient blood from the placenta to the fetus

   Synonymsumbilical vein

   Broadervein

   Part ofumbilical cord

Questions about vena umbilicalis

What does vena umbilicalis mean?

vena umbilicalis means "a vein in the umbilical cord; returns nutrient blood from the placenta to the fetus".

What is another word for vena umbilicalis?

Close synonyms include umbilical 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 umbilicalis a common word?

vena umbilicalis 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.