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

1 sense of renal vein

Sense 1
renal vein, vena renalis -- (veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd lumbar vertebra)
       => 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")