EXTERNAL NASAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does external nasal vein mean? 

• EXTERNAL NASAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun EXTERNAL NASAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. one of the veins that drain the external nose and empty into the angular or facial vein

  Familiarity information: EXTERNAL NASAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTERNAL NASAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the veins that drain the external nose and empty into the angular or facial vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

external nasal vein; vena nasalis externa

Hypernyms ("external nasal vein" is a kind of...):

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