posterior cardinal vein

Other forms: posterior cardinal veins

Definitions of posterior cardinal vein
  1. noun
    a major drainage channel from the caudal part of the body
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    type of:
    cardinal vein
    any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates
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