musculophrenic vein

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Any of the veins that accompany the musculophrenic artery and drain blood from the upper abdominal wall, the lower intercostal spaces, and the diaphragm.

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Rather than downing a handful of pills, I planned to take my life by opening a vein in each wrist.
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In the decade following World War I, Hopper settled on a vein of imagery that has been his special glory ever since.
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Through it runs a vein about one vara wide, extending east and west for some distance.
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A vein of shrewd and humorous sarcasm, together with an under-current of quiet selfishness, made him a very pleasant companion. '
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The length of the fibre, moreover, cannot be determined with any absolute certainty from the thickness of the vein.
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We have likewise found a vein of plumbago, which was an object of search, on the supposition that it was coal.
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The specimen of this breccia is attached to a plate of granular quartz, and may possibly have been part of a vein.
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