SHORT SAPHENOUS VEIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("short saphenous vein" is a kind of...):

saphenous vein; vena saphena (either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot)

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