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Noun: vena gastrica sinistra
  1. Arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein
    "The radiologist identified varices in the vena gastrica sinistra, a common complication of portal hypertension";
    - left gastric vein

Type of: gastric vein, vena gastrica

Encyclopedia: Vena gastrica sinistra