CIRCUMFLEX VEIN

 Dictionary entry overview: What does circumflex vein mean? 

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

1. any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same name

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCUMFLEX VEIN (noun)

Meaning:

Any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same name

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

circumflex vein; vena circumflexa

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circumflex vein"):

circumflex iliac vein; vena circumflexa ilium (accompanies the artery of the same name)

circumflex femoral vein; vena circumflexus femoris (either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh)