venae esophageae

1. 1.

   small veins from the esophagus emptying into the brachiocephalic vein or the azygos veins

   Synonymsesophageal veinsoesophageal veins

   Broadervein

Questions about venae esophageae

What does venae esophageae mean?

venae esophageae means "small veins from the esophagus emptying into the brachiocephalic vein or the azygos veins".

What is another word for venae esophageae?

Close synonyms include esophageal veins, oesophageal veins. 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 venae esophageae a common word?

venae esophageae 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.