1. one of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein; [syn: ovarian vein, vena ovarica]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ovarian vein
n 1: one of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens
into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left
renal vein [syn: ovarian vein, vena ovarica]