GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great saphenous vein mean? 

• GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN (noun)
  The noun GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN has 1 sense:

1. the longest vein in the body; runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The longest vein in the body; runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

great saphenous vein; long saphenous vein

Hypernyms ("great saphenous vein" is a kind of...):

saphenous vein; vena saphena (either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot)