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OCCIPITAL VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does occipital vein mean?
• OCCIPITAL VEIN (noun)
The noun OCCIPITAL VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a vein that drains the occipital region
Familiarity information: OCCIPITAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vein that drains the occipital region
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
occipital vein; vena occipitalis
Hypernyms ("occipital vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
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