azygos vein

Noun azygos vein has 1 sense

• azygos vein(n = noun.body) azygous vein, vena azygos - one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava; Array
is a kind of vein, vena, venous blood vessel