POPLITEAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does popliteal vein mean? 

• POPLITEAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun POPLITEAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. a vein arising in the knee and ascending to become the femoral vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POPLITEAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein arising in the knee and ascending to become the femoral vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

popliteal vein; vena poplitea

Hypernyms ("popliteal vein" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

The vein that runs parallel to the anterior tibial artery and empties into the popliteal vein.

(Anterior Tibial Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The vein accompanying the femoral artery in the same sheath; it is a continuation of the popliteal vein and becomes the external iliac vein.

(Femoral Vein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)