SUPERIOR THYROID VEIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein on each side that drains the upper part of the thyroid and empties into the internal jugular vein

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("superior thyroid vein" is a kind of...):

thyroid vein; vena thyroidea (any of several small veins draining blood from the thyroid area)

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