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

1 sense of sigmoid vein

Sense 1
sigmoid vein, vena sigmoideus -- (tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein; drains the sigmoid colon)
       => 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")