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supracardinal veins[¦sü·prə′kärd·nəl ‚vānz] (vertebrate zoology) Paired longitudinal veins in the mammalian embryo and various adult lower vertebrates in the thoracic and abdominal regions, dorsolateral to and on the sides of the descending aorta; they replace the postcardinal and subcardinal veins. |