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DIPLOIC VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diploic vein mean?
• DIPLOIC VEIN (noun)
The noun DIPLOIC VEIN has 1 sense:
1. one of the veins serving the spongy part of the cranial bones
Familiarity information: DIPLOIC VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the veins serving the spongy part of the cranial bones
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
diploic vein; vena diploica
Hypernyms ("diploic 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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