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

1 sense of cardinal vein

Sense 1
cardinal vein -- (any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates)
       => 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")