Azygos Vein

Definition: Azygos Vein

Azygos Vein

Noun

1. One of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava.

Specialty Definition: Azygos Vein

Domain	Definition
Health	A vein which arises from the right ascending lumbar vein or the vena cava, enters the thorax through the aortic orifice in the diaphragm, and terminates in the superior vena cava. (references)
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Synonyms: Azygos Vein

Synonyms: azygous vein (n), vena azygos (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Azygos Vein

English words defined with "azygos vein": accessory hemiazygos vein, accessory hemiazygous vein ♦ bronchial vein ♦ hemizygos vein, hemizygous vein ♦ vena bronchialis, vena hemiazygos accessoria, vena hemizygos. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Azygos Vein

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
azygos vein	4
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Ancestral Language Translations: Azygos Vein

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	nervus, Vena. (various references)
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Anagrams: Azygos Vein

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-o-s-v-y-z"
	-2 letters: agonizes.
	-3 letters: agnizes, agonies, agonise, agonize, evasion, isogeny, nosegay, synovia, voyages.
	-4 letters: agnize, agones, avions, azines, azygos, easing, envois, envoys, ganevs, genoas, givens, naives, navies, ogives, ovines, savine, saving, saying, soigne, sozine, vegans, visage, voyage, yogins, zanies, zayins, zoysia, zygose.
	-5 letters: aegis, aeons, agios, agone, agons, agony, anise, avens, avion, aviso, ayins, azine, azons.
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