hemizygos vein — noun a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein • Syn: ↑hemizygous vein, ↑vena hemizygos • Hypernyms: ↑vein, ↑vena, ↑venous blood vessel … Useful english dictionary
vena — noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood • Syn: ↑vein, ↑venous blood vessel • Derivationally related forms: ↑venous (for: ↑vein) … Useful english dictionary
venous blood vessel — noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood • Syn: ↑vein, ↑vena • Derivationally related forms: ↑venous (for: ↑vein) … Useful english dictionary
vena hemizygos — noun a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein • Syn: ↑hemizygos vein, ↑hemizygous vein • Hypernyms: ↑vein, ↑vena, ↑venous blood vessel … Useful english dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary