basivertebral vein

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basivertebral vein ba·si·ver·te·bral vein (bā'sə-vûr'tə-brəl, -vər-tē'brəl)
n.
Any of a number of veins in the spongy substance of the verterbral bodies, emptying into the venous plexus running along the anterior of the vertebral canal to the dura..

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basivertebral vein

noun
one of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus 
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