LINGUAL VEIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does lingual vein mean? • LINGUAL VEIN (noun)
The noun LINGUAL VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a vein that receives blood from the tongue and the floor of the mouth and empties into the internal jugular or the facial vein
Familiarity information: LINGUAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LINGUAL VEIN (noun)
Meaning:
A vein that receives blood from the tongue and the floor of the mouth and empties into the internal jugular or the facial vein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
lingual vein; vena lingualis
Hypernyms ("lingual vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Holonyms ("lingual vein" is a part of...):
mouth (the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening)
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