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ovarian vein

DEFINITIONS OF: ovarian vein

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n one of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein

Synonyms:
vena ovarica
Type of:
vein, vena, venous blood vessel
a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
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