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pulmonary veins

pulmonary veins is the plural of pulmonary vein.

Meaning of pulmonary vein

Noun

pulmonary vein (plural pulmonary veins)

  1. In tetrapods, a vein that returns blood to the heart after it has circulated through the lungs.

Questions about pulmonary veins

What is pulmonary veins the plural of?
Pulmonary veins is the plural of pulmonary vein.

Words near pulmonary veins in the dictionary

  1. pulmonary trunks
  2. pulmonary tuberculosis
  3. pulmonary valve
  4. pulmonary valves
  5. pulmonary vein
  6. pulmonary veins
  7. pulmonary-renal syndrome
  8. pulmonate
  9. pulmonated
  10. pulmonates
  11. pulmonectomies

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