ANASTOMOTIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anastomotic vein mean? 

• ANASTOMOTIC VEIN (noun)
  The noun ANASTOMOTIC VEIN has 1 sense:

1. either of two communicating veins serving the brain

  Familiarity information: ANASTOMOTIC VEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANASTOMOTIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two communicating veins serving the brain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

anastomotic vein; vena anastomotica

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

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