Search Result for "vena_azygos":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava;
[syn: azygos vein, azygous vein, vena azygos]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vena azygos
    n 1: one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and
         abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right
         ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena
         cava [syn: azygos vein, azygous vein, vena azygos]