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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 name
Familiarity information: DEEP CERVICAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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