Medical Definition of Arterial vein
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So called because it ramifies like an artery (portal vein) or because, while proceeding from the heart like an artery, it contains unoxygenated blood, like a vein (pulmonary artery).
Synonym: vena arteriosa.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arterial Vein
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