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ANGULAR VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does angular vein mean?
• ANGULAR VEIN (noun)
The noun ANGULAR VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a short vein formed by the supraorbital vein and the supratrochlear vein and continuing as the facial vein
Familiarity information: ANGULAR VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short vein formed by the supraorbital vein and the supratrochlear vein and continuing as the facial vein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
angular vein; vena angularis
Hypernyms ("angular vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Context examples
A vein that represents a continuation of the angular vein and lies behind the facial artery.
(Anterior Facial Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
The blood vessels that drain blood from the inferior eyelid into the angular vein.
(Inferior Palpebral Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
A vein in the face accompanying the facial artery that is a direct continuation of the angular vein and ultimately empties into the internal jugular vein.
(Facial Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
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