Usually means: Veins that drain blood from liver.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions
We found 11 dictionaries that define the word hepatic veins:

General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hepatic veins: Vocabulary.com
  2. Hepatic veins: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. Hepatic veins: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hepatic veins: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. hepatic veins: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatic veins: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. hepatic veins, Hepatic veins: Medical dictionary

(Note: See hepatic_vein as well.)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Hepatic veins)

noun:  In human anatomy, the hepatic veins are the veins that drain venous blood from the liver into the inferior vena cava (as opposed to the hepatic portal vein which conveys blood from the gastrointestinal organs to the liver).


Opposite:

Phrases:

Words similar to hepatic veins

Usage examples for hepatic veins

Idioms related to hepatic veins

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near hepatic veins

Rhymes of hepatic veins

Invented words related to hepatic veins

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Compound Your Joy