pulmonary vein

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.

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pulmonary vein British  

noun

1. any one of the four veins that convey oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart

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pulmonary vein Scientific  

1. Any of the veins that carry blood with high levels of oxygen from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.

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Etymology

Origin of pulmonary vein

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

Doctors close a wound to the left pulmonary vein, then try to revive her with two hours of chest massage — first externally and then directly to the heart.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2022

It was a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation, or PAVM, an abnormal connection between a pulmonary vein and an artery.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2018

It is then collected by the branches of the pulmonary vein, and conveyed to the left chamber of the heart.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

But I should like to be informed why, if the pulmonary vein were destined for the conveyance of air, it has the structure of a blood—vessel here.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

Each lobule has a branch of the pulmonary artery entering it, and a similar rootlet of the pulmonary vein leaving it.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.