CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL VEIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does circumflex femoral vein mean? 

• CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh

  Familiarity information: CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

circumflex femoral vein; vena circumflexus femoris

Hypernyms ("circumflex femoral vein" is a kind of...):

circumflex vein; vena circumflexa (any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same name)

 Context examples 

A circumflex femoral vein that accompanies the medial circumflex femoral artery.

(Medial Circumflex Femoral Vein, NCI Thesaurus)