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PHARYNGEAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pharyngeal vein mean? 

PHARYNGEAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun PHARYNGEAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. veins from the pharyngeal plexus that empty into the internal jugular veinplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PHARYNGEAL VEIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins from the pharyngeal plexus that empty into the internal jugular vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

pharyngeal vein; vena pharyngeus

Hypernyms ("pharyngeal 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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