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

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

Why does not the pulmonary vein pulsate, seeing that it is numbered among the arteries?

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

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