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Definition of Circumflex vein
1. Noun. Any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same name.
Specialized synonyms: Circumflex Iliac Vein, Vena Circumflexa Ilium, Circumflex Femoral Vein, Vena Circumflexus Femoris
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumflex Vein
Literary usage of Circumflex vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science and Art of Surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries by Marcus Beck (1884)
"Dupuytren actually wounded the epigastric artery in one case ; arid Houston had
much difficulty from the circumflex vein in another instance. ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"... superior epigastric vein; it joins the external iliac about 1.25 cm. above the
inguinal ligament. The Deep Iliac circumflex vein (v. circumflexa ilium ..."
3. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"The Deep Iliac circumflex vein (v. circumflexa ilium profunda) is formed by the
union of the vena; comitantes of the deep iliac circumflex artery, ..."
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