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Noun: phrenic vein
  1. Either of two veins that drain the diaphragm
    "The phrenic veins play a crucial role in the venous drainage of the primary muscle of respiration";
    - vena phrenica

Derived forms: phrenic veins

Type of: vein, vena, venous blood vessel

Encyclopedia: Phrenic vein