MIDDLE TEMPORAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does middle temporal vein mean? 

• MIDDLE TEMPORAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun MIDDLE TEMPORAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. arises near the eye; joins the superficial temporal veins to form the retromandibular vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDDLE TEMPORAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arises near the eye; joins the superficial temporal veins to form the retromandibular vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("middle temporal vein" is a kind of...):

temporal vein; vena temporalis (any of several veins draining the temporal region)