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Definition of Cystic vein

1. Noun. Vein that drains the gallbladder.

Medical Definition of Cystic vein

1. Veins, usually anterior and posterior, which drain the neck of the gallbladder and cystic duct, along which they pass to enter the right branch of the portal vein; they communicate extensively with surrounding veins of the stomach, duodenum and pancreas. Synonym: vena cystica. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cystic Vein

Literary usage of Cystic vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The cystic vein. ... generally receives the cystic vein, although it sometimes terminates in the right branch of the vena portae. The portal vein divides, ..."

2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The cystic vein (v. cystica) drains the blood from the gall-bladder, and, accompanying the cystic duct, usually ends in the right branch of the portal vein. ..."

3. Lang's German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied by Hugo Lang, Milton Kayton Meyers (1913)
"... secretion of bile Gallen-ader, /. cystic vein Gallen-arm, a. deficient in bile ... cystic vein Gallenblasen-bruch, m. hernia of gallbladder ..."

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