Definition of Oesophageal veins

1. Noun. Small veins from the esophagus emptying into the brachiocephalic vein or the azygos veins.

Exact synonyms: Esophageal Veins, Venae Esophageae
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel

Medical Definition of Oesophageal veins

1. Series of veins draining the submucous venous plexus of the oesophagus; proceding inferiorly from the cervical portion of the oesophagus, they drain to the inferior thyroid vein, the superior intercostal veins, the azygos, accessory hemiazygos and hemiazygos veins, all of which are ultimately tributaries of the superior vena cava; the most inferior oesophageal veins, from the cardiac portion of the oesophagus, drain via the oesophageal branches of the left gastric vein, a tributary of the portal vein. Thus, the submucosal veins of the inferior oesophagus form a portocaval anastomoses, and are subject to the formation of varicosities in portal hypertension. Synonym: venae oesophageae. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oesophageal Veins

oesophageal reflux
oesophageal ring
oesophageal rupture
oesophageal smear
oesophageal spasm
oesophageal spasms
oesophageal speech
oesophageal stenosis
oesophageal strictures
oesophageal trauma
oesophageal ulcer
oesophageal ulceration or diverticula
oesophageal ulcers
oesophageal varices
oesophageal veins (current term)
oesophageal veins (current term)
oesophageal web
oesophageal webs and rings
oesophagectasis
oesophagectomy
oesophagi
oesophagi
oesophagism
oesophagitis
oesophagitis
oesophagitis candida
oesophagocardioplasty
oesophagocele
oesophagoduodenostomy
oesophagodynia

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