ileocolic vein
- noun
- /ˌaɪliˈoʊkəlɪk veɪn/
- Specialized
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vena ileocolica
- The ileocolic vein is crucial for intestinal blood drainage.
Examples
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The surgeon located the ileocolic vein before removing the diseased section of the intestine.
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Surgeons often examine the ileocolic vein during appendectomies.
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During the operation, bleeding from the ileocolic vein had to be carefully controlled.
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Inflammation in the lower abdomen can sometimes affect the ileocolic vein.
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The surgeon located the ileocolic vein before removing the diseased section of the intestine.
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During the operation, bleeding from the ileocolic vein had to be carefully controlled.
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Surgeons often examine the ileocolic vein during appendectomies.
Synonyms
A vein that takes blood from the end of the small intestine, appendix, and start of the large intestine
How Big
- Specialized
1
4.6
- Specialized
239
2.6
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
11
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
ileocolic + vein
The phrase is compositionally built from medical roots (ileo- = ileum, -colic = colon) plus 'vein', so if a learner knows the anatomical constituents the meaning (a vein draining ileum/colon regions) can be inferred. However 'ileocolic' is a technical bound form not in the provided dictionary and would be unfamiliar to a typical B1 learner without medical knowledge, so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Ileocolic vein names a vein by the places it serves: the ileum (the end of the small intestine) and the colon (the large intestine), and the word vein means a 'blood vessel' that carries blood. So the name simply means the vein that carries blood from the ileum and nearby part of the colon, which is why doctors use this word for that specific vein.