STYLOMASTOID VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stylomastoid vein mean? 

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

1. a vein that drains the tympanic cavity and empties into the retromandibular vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STYLOMASTOID VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein that drains the tympanic cavity and empties into the retromandibular vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

stylomastoid vein; vena stylomastoidea

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

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