National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: July 2, 2026

Id	http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12814 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12814
Preferred Name	Vein
Definitions	A blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart.
Synonyms	venous tree organ part VEIN Vein Venous vein
Type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

label	Vein
prefixIRI	Thesaurus:C12814
code	C12814
DEFINITION	A blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart.
ALT_DEFINITION	A blood vessel that carries blood to the heart from tissues and organs in the body. Any of the tubular branching vessels that carry blood from the capillaries toward the heart. A blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart.
Is_Value_For_GDC_Property	http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C70729 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C171435
Legacy Concept Name	Vein
Contributing_Source	CDISC GDC UBERON
xRef	UBERON:0001638
FULL_SYN	venous tree organ part VEIN Vein Venous vein
UMLS_CUI	C0042449
Maps_To	Vein
Preferred_Name	Vein
type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
subClassOf	http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12679
Display_Name	Vein
Concept_In_Subset	http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157711 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77529 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C198975 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177537 See more See less
Semantic_Type	Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

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