GENICULAR VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genicular vein mean? 

• GENICULAR VEIN (noun)
  The noun GENICULAR VEIN has 1 sense:

1. veins that drain blood from structures around the knee; empty into the popliteal vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENICULAR VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that drain blood from structures around the knee; empty into the popliteal vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

genicular vein; vena genus

Hypernyms ("genicular vein" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("genicular vein" is a part of...):

articulatio genus; genu; human knee; knee; knee joint (hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella)