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VENA CEREBRI MEDIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Either of two cerebral veins

Synonyms:

middle cerebral vein; vena cerebri media

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vena cerebri media" is a kind of...):

cerebral vein; vena cerebri (any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vena cerebri media"):

deep middle cerebral vein (accompanies the middle cerebral artery deep in the Sylvian fissure; empties into the basal vein)

superficial middle cerebral vein (a large vein along the line of the Sylvian fissure to the cavernous sinus)

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