superior epigastric veins


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Noun1.superior epigastric veins - veins that accompany the superior epigastric artery
venae epigastricae superiores
epigastric vein - veins serving the anterior walls of the abdomen
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There were varicose veins in both lower limbs, more marked on the right, and tortuous distended superficial inferior and superior epigastric veins on the trunk The direction of flow in the latter was cephalad.
Varicose veins: look before you strip--the occluded inferior vena cava and other lurking pathologies

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