ACCESSORY CEPHALIC VEIN

 Dictionary entry overview: What does accessory cephalic vein mean? 

• ACCESSORY CEPHALIC VEIN (noun)
  The noun ACCESSORY CEPHALIC VEIN has 1 sense:

1. a vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCESSORY CEPHALIC VEIN (noun)

Meaning:

A vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

accessory cephalic vein; vena cephalica accessoria

Hypernyms ("accessory cephalic vein" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("accessory cephalic vein" is a part of...):

forearm (the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist)