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

Just as I was about to suture the pulmonary vein, the doors of the operating theatre burst open.

From The Guardian

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

From New York Times

“Right inferior mediastinal mass encasing and occluding the right inferior pulmonary vein” became “I have something that looks like a tumor in the middle of my chest.”

From New York Times

Because of some unknown factor, possibly an equipment malfunction, he said, the doctor inadvertently cauterized too close to two crucial pulmonary veins and the veins shut down, causing fatal hemorrhaging.

From New York Times