venae pancreatica

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   veins draining the pancreas and emptying into the superior mesenteric and splenic veins

   Synonymspancreatic vein

   Broadervein

Questions about venae pancreatica

What does venae pancreatica mean?

venae pancreatica means "veins draining the pancreas and emptying into the superior mesenteric and splenic veins".

What is another word for venae pancreatica?

Close synonyms include pancreatic 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 venae pancreatica a common word?

venae pancreatica 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.