azygos : Idioms & Phrases


azygos vein

  • noun 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
    azygous vein; azygos vein.
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vena azygos

  • noun 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
    azygous vein; azygos vein.
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