Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

renal vein

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: re-nal vein
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of the two large veins of which each drains blood from one of the kidneys and empties into the inferior vena cava.

Inflected Forms

renal veins (plural)

Synonyms

vena renalis

Questions

What does renal vein mean?: Either of the two large veins of which each drains blood from one of the kidneys and empties into the inferior vena cava.

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