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collateral vein

collateral vein noun: a venous structure that is not located in its normal position next to an artery, but is instead tortuous, and connects to a main blood vessel and remains unused until needed.

Noun

collateral vein (plural collateral veins)

  1. A venous structure that is not located in its normal position next to an artery, but is instead tortuous, and connects to a main blood vessel and remains unused until needed.

Forms of collateral vein

pluralcollateral veins

Questions about collateral vein

What does collateral vein mean?
Collateral vein means a venous structure that is not located in its normal position next to an artery, but is instead tortuous, and connects to a main blood vessel and remains unused until needed.
What part of speech is collateral vein?
Collateral vein is a noun.
What is the plural of collateral vein?
The plural of collateral vein is collateral veins.

Words near collateral vein in the dictionary

  1. collateral review
  2. collateral science
  3. collateral sciences
  4. collateral securities
  5. collateral security
  6. collateral vein
  7. collateral veins
  8. collateral vessel
  9. collateral vessels
  10. collateralisation
  11. collateralisations

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