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collateral veins

collateral veins is the plural of collateral vein.

Meaning of collateral vein

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.

Questions about collateral veins

What is collateral veins the plural of?
Collateral veins is the plural of collateral vein.

Words near collateral veins in the dictionary

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

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