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cardinal vein
 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun cardinal vein has 1 sense
  1. cardinal vein - any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates
    --1 is a kind of     vein, vena, venous blood vessel
    --1 has particulars: anterior cardinal vein; posterior cardinal vein; common cardinal vein

Definitions from the Web

Cardinal Vein

Definition: The cardinal vein is a major vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart during embryonic development.


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As a noun:

  1. The cardinal vein is responsible for returning blood to the heart in developing embryos.

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