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

1 sense of pulmonary vein

Sense 1
pulmonary vein, vena pulmonalis -- (any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart)
       => 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")