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Noun: ileocolic vein
  1. A vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the caecum and the lower part of the ascending colon
    "The ileocolic vein was clearly visible on the abdominal angiogram";
    - vena ileocolica

Derived forms: ileocolic veins

Type of: vein, vena, venous blood vessel

Encyclopedia: Ileocolic vein