Usually means: Carries oxygenated blood to heart.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word pulmonary vein:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulmonary vein: Merriam-Webster
  2. pulmonary vein: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pulmonary vein: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pulmonary vein: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pulmonary vein: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pulmonary-vein, pulmonary-vein: Wordnik
  7. pulmonary vein: Wiktionary
  8. pulmonary vein: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. pulmonary vein: Dictionary.com
  10. Pulmonary vein: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. pulmonary vein: Rhymezone
  12. pulmonary vein: FreeDictionary.org
  13. pulmonary vein: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. pulmonary vein: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pulmonary vein: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulmonary vein: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Pulmonary vein, Vein, pulmonary: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. pulmonary vein: Medical dictionary
  5. Vein, pulmonary: Drug Medical Dictionary
  6. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)
  7. Pulmonary vein: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pulmonary vein)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) In tetrapods, a vein that returns blood to the heart after it has circulated through the lungs.

Similar:
vena pulmonalis, pulmonary artery, pulmonary circulation, pulmonic valve, vein, sinus venosus, venous sinus, vena cava, pulmonary valve, splenic vein, more...

Opposite:
pulmonary artery, venae cavae

Phrases:
inferior pulmonary vein, superior pulmonary vein, right inferior pulmonary vein, left inferior pulmonary vein, left superior pulmonary vein, more...

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Similar:
vena pulmonalis, pulmonary artery, pulmonary circulation, pulmonic valve, vein, sinus venosus, venous sinus, vena cava, pulmonary valve, splenic vein, more...

Opposite:
pulmonary artery, venae cavae

Phrases:
inferior pulmonary vein, superior pulmonary vein, right inferior pulmonary vein, left inferior pulmonary vein, left superior pulmonary vein, right superior pulmonary vein, ostium pulmonary vein, more...



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