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Preferred term

Veins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • general or unspecified or as a coordinate to indicate a specific vein (e.g. pancreatic vein = PANCREAS / blood supply + VEINS); venous blood = BLOOD + VEINS or specific vein but do not index here for routine venous blood samples; inflammation = PHLEBITIS

Scope note

  • The vessels carrying blood away from the CAPILLARY BEDS.

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • laskimo
  • laskimosuonet
  • laskimosuoni
  • veena
  • veenat
  • vena
  • Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014680

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