Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun accompanying_vein

1 sense of accompanying vein

Sense 1
accompanying vein, vena comitans -- (a vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return)
       => vein, vena, venous blood vessel -- (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood")