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

1 sense of phrenic vein

Sense 1
phrenic vein, vena phrenica -- (either of two veins that drain the diaphragm)
       => 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")