Thoracoepigastric vein
thoracoepigastric vein tho·ra·co·ep·i·gas·tric vein (thôr’ə-kō-ěp’ĭ-gās’trĭk)
n.
Either of two veins, sometimes a single vein, arising from the region of the superficial epigastric vein and opening into the axillary vein or the lateral thoracic vein.
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