INTERNAL AUDITORY VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internal auditory vein mean? 

• INTERNAL AUDITORY VEIN (noun)
  The noun INTERNAL AUDITORY VEIN has 1 sense:

1. veins that drain the inner ear

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNAL AUDITORY VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that drain the inner ear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

internal auditory vein; labyrinthine vein

Hypernyms ("internal auditory vein" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("internal auditory vein" is a part of...):

inner ear; internal ear; labyrinth (a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium)