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batson venous plexus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
bat-son ve-nous -plexus
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A network of valveless veins in the human body, connecting the deep pelvic veins and thoracic veins (draining the inferior end of the urinary bladder, breast, and prostate) to the internal vertebral venous plexuses.

Etymology

Named after anatomist Oscar Vivian Batson, who first described it in 1940.

Questions

What does batson venous plexus mean?
A network of valveless veins in the human body, connecting the deep pelvic veins and thoracic veins (draining the inferior end of the urinary bladder, breast, and prostate) to the internal vertebral venous plexuses.
Where does batson venous plexus come from?
Named after anatomist Oscar Vivian Batson, who first described it in 1940.

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