esophageal veins

8.5

Small tubes that carry blood from the tube between the mouth and stomach to larger chest veins

noun
/ɪˈsɒfəˌdʒiəl veɪnz/

Specialized

: venas esofágicas

The esophageal veins can become enlarged in patients with liver disease.

Examples

Rupture of the esophageal veins may lead to severe bleeding.
Surgeons carefully avoided damaging the esophageal veins during the procedure.
The esophageal veins play a crucial role in blood drainage.
Many doctors study the esophageal veins during anatomy classes.
Rupture of the esophageal veins may lead to severe bleeding.
Surgeons carefully avoided damaging the esophageal veins during the procedure.
The esophageal veins can become enlarged in patients with liver disease.

Synonyms

venae esophageae

vsesophageal veins

Specialized

9.9

Small veins that drain blood from the tube connecting the throat to the stomach into larger chest veins

is the English term rather than the Latin anatomical name

How Big

vena cava

Specialized

5 4.9

vein

Specialized

239 2.6

esophageal veins

Specialized

8.5

venule

Specialized

9.0

capillary

Specialized

11 4.8

Surface Forms

esophageal veins singular

esophageal veins plural

Morphology

esophageal + vein

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'esophageal' (relating to the esophagus) with 'veins' (blood vessels) to indicate the veins associated with the esophagus. This is a straightforward, compositional anatomical noun phrase following regular English compounding/possessive patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.

Etymology

Esophageal veins is a name made from esophageal (the tube that carries food) and veins (the blood tubes that carry blood back to the heart). So, esophageal veins means 'the small blood tubes that drain the food pipe'.