CEPHALIC VEIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does cephalic vein mean? • CEPHALIC VEIN (noun)
The noun CEPHALIC VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary vein
Familiarity information: CEPHALIC VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CEPHALIC VEIN (noun)
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 ("cephalic vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Holonyms ("cephalic vein" 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)
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