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cardinal vein
noun(car-di-nal vein)
any of four longitudinal veins of the vertebrate embryo running anteriorly and posteriorly along each side of the spinal column with the pair on each side meeting at and discharging blood to the heart through the corresponding duct of Cuvier —called also cardinal sinus, Cuvierian vein
cardinal vein
noun(car-di-nal vein)
duct of cuvier
cardinal vein
noun(car-di-nal vein)
either of a pair of large transverse venous sinuses that conduct blood from the cardinal veins to the sinus venosus of the vertebrate embryo —called also common cardinal vein

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