intersegmental vein
(redirected from infrasegmental veins)in·ter·seg·men·tal vein
a vein receiving blood from adjacent bronchopulmonary segments; it emerges from the inferior margin of a segment to become a tributary of a branch of a pulmonary vein.
Synonym(s): intersegmental part of pulmonary vein [TA], partes intersegmentales venarum pulmonum [TA], infrasegmental part
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in·ter·seg·men·tal vein
(in'tĕr-seg-men'tăl vān)A vein receiving blood from adjacent bronchopulmonary segments; it emerges from the inferior margin of a segment to become a tributary of a branch of a pulmonary vein.
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