Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collateral vein

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: col-lat-er-al vein
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A venous structure that is not located in its normal position next to an artery, but is instead tortuous, and connects to a main blood vessel and remains unused until needed.

Inflected Forms

collateral veins (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

collateral vessel

Questions

What does collateral vein mean?: A venous structure that is not located in its normal position next to an artery, but is instead tortuous, and connects to a main blood vessel and remains unused until needed.

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