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Noun: oesophageal veins
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: esophageal veins)
  1. Small veins from the oesophagus emptying into the brachiocephalic vein or the azygos veins
    "Esophageal varices are abnormally enlarged oesophageal veins that can occur in liver disease";
    - esophageal veins [N. Amer], venae esophageae

Type of: vein, vena, venous blood vessel

Encyclopedia: Oesophageal veins