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DEEP CERVICAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deep cervical vein mean? 

DEEP CERVICAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun DEEP CERVICAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. a vein that accompanies an artery of the same nameplay

  Familiarity information: DEEP CERVICAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEEP CERVICAL VEIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein that accompanies an artery of the same name

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cervical vein; deep cervical vein; vena cervicalis profunda

Hypernyms ("deep cervical vein" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)


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