VENA CEPHALICA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary vein

Synonyms:

cephalic vein; vena cephalica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vena cephalica" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("vena cephalica" is a part of...):

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)

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