Term: left gastric vein: arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein
Broader: gastric vein: one of several veins draining the stomach walls | Unrelated: tailpipe: a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car
Broader: gastric vein: one of several veins draining the stomach walls | Unrelated: dietetics: the scientific study of food preparation and intake
Broader: gastric vein: one of several veins draining the stomach walls | Unrelated: wall pepper: mossy European creeping sedum with yellow flowers; widely introduced as a ground cover
Broader: gastric vein: one of several veins draining the stomach walls | Unrelated: hatpin: a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair
Broader: gastric vein: one of several veins draining the stomach walls | Unrelated: cervical disc syndrome: an abnormal condition resulting from compression of spinal nerve roots in the neck region; involves neck pains and muscular weakness and paresthesia
Broader: gastric vein: one of several veins draining the stomach walls | Unrelated: combatant: someone who fights (or is fighting)
Broader: gastric vein: one of several veins draining the stomach walls | Unrelated: fat cat: a wealthy and privileged person
Broader: gastric vein: one of several veins draining the stomach walls | Unrelated: cow manure: cow excreta used as fertilizer
Broader: gastric vein: one of several veins draining the stomach walls | Unrelated: secession: an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
Broader: gastric vein: one of several veins draining the stomach walls | Unrelated: pharyngeal vein: veins from the pharyngeal plexus that empty into the internal jugular vein