AXILLARY VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does axillary vein mean? 

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

1. a continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AXILLARY VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

axillary vein; vena axillaris

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

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

 Context examples 

Each side of the body contains one axillary vein.

(Axillary Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the moderately large superficial veins of the forearm that transports blood from the hand and the medial aspect of the forearm to the axillary vein.

(Basilic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The continuation of the axillary vein which follows the subclavian artery and then joins the internal jugular vein to form the brachiocephalic vein.

(Murine Subclavian Vein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

One of five superficial veins of the upper extremity, beginning at the radial aspect of the wrist area, wrapping around the forearm and emptying into the axillary vein.

(Cephalic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)