Definition of Gastroepiploic vein

1. Noun. One of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach.

Exact synonyms: Gastroomental Vein, Vena Gastroomentalis
Group relationships: Breadbasket, Stomach, Tum, Tummy
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastroepiploic Vein

gastroenteritis virus type B
gastroenteroanastomosis
gastroenterocolitis
gastroenterocolostomy
gastroenterological
gastroenterologist
gastroenterologists
gastroenterology
gastroenteropathy
gastroenteroplasty
gastroenteroptosis
gastroenterostomy
gastroenterotomy
gastroepiploic
gastroepiploic arteries
gastroepiploic vein (current term)
gastroepiploic veins
gastroesophageal
gastroesophageal hernia
gastroesophageal reflux
gastroesophageal vestibule
gastroesophagitis
gastroesophagostomy
gastrogastrostomy
gastrogavage
gastrogenic
gastrogenous diarrhoea
gastrograph
gastrohepatic
gastrohepatic omentum

Literary usage of Gastroepiploic vein

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

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The left gastroepiploic vein (r. ... accompany their corresponding arteries; the lower of the two frequently joins the right gastroepiploic vein. ..."

2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The right gastroepiploic vein (v. ... accompany their corresponding arteries; the lower of the two frequently joins the right gastroepiploic vein. ..."

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