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ACCESSORY CEPHALIC VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does accessory cephalic vein mean?
• ACCESSORY CEPHALIC VEIN (noun)
The noun ACCESSORY CEPHALIC VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow
Familiarity information: ACCESSORY CEPHALIC VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ACCESSORY CEPHALIC VEIN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
accessory cephalic vein; vena cephalica accessoria
Hypernyms ("accessory cephalic vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Holonyms ("accessory cephalic vein" is a part of...):
forearm (the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist)
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