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OPHTHALMIC VEIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus

Synonyms:

ophthalmic vein; vena ophthalmica

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ophthalmic 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 "ophthalmic vein"):

inferior ophthalmic vein (a vein that drains a venous network in the floor and medial wall of the eye socket)

superior ophthalmic vein (a vein that begins at the inner angle of the eye socket and passes through the superior orbital fissure to empty into the cavernous sinus)

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