VENA CEPHALICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena cephalica mean? 

• VENA CEPHALICA (noun)
  The noun VENA CEPHALICA has 1 sense:

1. a large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary vein

  Familiarity information: VENA CEPHALICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA CEPHALICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cephalic vein; vena cephalica

Hypernyms ("vena cephalica" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("vena cephalica" is a part of...):

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)