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vena thyroidea inferior --> inferior thyroid vein

(Science: anatomy, vein) Unpaired vein formed by veins from the isthmus and lateral lobe of the thyroid gland and from the plexus thyroideus impar; it terminates in the left brachiocephalic vein.

Synonym: vena thyroidea inferior, vena thyroidea ima.