Pulmonary vein — Infobox Vein Name = PAGENAME Latin = venae pulmonales GraySubject = 165 GrayPage = 642 | Image Heart diagram 250px Caption = Anterior (frontal) view of the opened heart. White arrows indicate normal blood flow. Caption2 = Diagram of the alveoli… … Wikipedia
pulmonary vein — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pulmonary vein : singular pulmonary vein plural pulmonary veins medical one of four veins (= tubes) that carry blood from your lungs to the left atrium of your heart … English dictionary
pulmonary vein — noun any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart (Freq. 9) • Syn: ↑vena pulmonalis • Hypernyms: ↑vein, ↑vena, ↑venous blood vessel • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pulmonary vein — a vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lung to the left atrium. See: pulmonary circulation … The new mediacal dictionary
pulmonary vein — noun Date: 1704 a valveless vein that returns oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart … New Collegiate Dictionary
pulmonary vein — Anat. a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. See diag. under heart. [1695 1705] * * * … Universalium
pulmonary vein — noun In tetrapods, the vein that returns blood to the heart after it has circulated through the lungs … Wiktionary
pulmonary vein — noun a vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart … English new terms dictionary
pulmonary vein — pul′monary vein′ n. anat. one of the veins conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart … From formal English to slang
pulmonary vein — /pʌlmənri ˈveɪn/ (say pulmuhnree vayn) noun a vein conveying (arterial) blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart …
