systemic vein
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Related to systemic vein: pulmonary vein, systemic heart
systemic vein
A vein that is carrying deoxygenated blood (thus, it is not a pulmonary vein) and that empties into a vein and not into a capillary (thus, it is not a portal vein).
See also: vein
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