SUBCLAVIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subclavian mean? 

• SUBCLAVIAN (adjective)
  The adjective SUBCLAVIAN has 1 sense:

1. situated beneath the clavicle

  Familiarity information: SUBCLAVIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBCLAVIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Situated beneath the clavicle

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

clavicle (bone linking the scapula and sternum)

 Context examples 

A large superficial vein in the neck that empties into the subclavian vein.

(External Jugular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

Veins in the neck which drain the brain, face, and neck into the brachiocephalic or subclavian veins.

(Jugular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The brachiocephalic, left common carotid and left subclavian arteries branch from the aorta at this section.

(Aortic Arch, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery that originates from the subclavian artery at the lateral margin of the first rib that supplies the brachial artery.

(Axillary Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

One of two arteries (right common carotid and right subclavian) that branch off of the innominate artery.

(Innominate Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the aortic arch that divides into the right common carotid and right subclavian arteries.

(Innominate Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A continuation of the sigmoid sinus of the dura mater; joins the subclavian vein to form the brachiocephalic vein.

(Internal Jugular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The continuation of the axillary vein which follows the subclavian artery and then joins the internal jugular vein to form the brachiocephalic vein.

(Murine Subclavian Vein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A procedure of surgical placement of a catheter, which lumen is usually occupied by a trocar, into the central vein (internal jugular, subclavian, and femoral often used) or veins, to provide vascular access for measurement of hemodynamic variables that cannot be measured accurately by noninvasive means.

(Central Venous Cannula Insertion, NCI Thesaurus)