POPLITEAL VEIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein arising in the knee and ascending to become the femoral vein

Synonyms:

popliteal vein; vena poplitea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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