INFERIOR OPHTHALMIC VEIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein that drains a venous network in the floor and medial wall of the eye socket

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("inferior ophthalmic vein" is a kind of...):

ophthalmic vein; vena ophthalmica (either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus)

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