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cystic vein
 

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Noun cystic vein has 1 sense
  1. cystic vein, vena cystica - vein that drains the gallbladder
    --1 is a kind of vein, vena, venous blood vessel

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Cystic Vein

Definition: The cystic vein is a vessel that drains the gallbladder and connects it to the common hepatic duct.

Examples:

Noun:

  1. The cystic vein transports bile from the gallbladder.
  2. A surgeon must carefully identify and ligate the cystic vein during gallbladder removal surgery.

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