hemizygos vein

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hemizygos vein - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hemizygos vein
      n 1: 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, vena hemizygos
           ]