common iliac vein

noun

Either of two veins, of which one is formed on each side of the body by the union of the external and internal iliac veins, and which unite to form the inferior vena cava at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra.

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Meanings

nouncommon iliac vein (plural common iliac veins)

plural common iliac veins

  1. anatomyEither of two veins, of which one is formed on each side of the body by the union of the external and internal iliac veins, and which unite to form the inferior vena cava at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra.
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