BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brachiocephalic vein mean? 

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

1. veins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

brachiocephalic vein; innominate vein; vena brachiocephalica

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

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

 Context examples 

A continuation of the sigmoid sinus of the dura mater; joins the subclavian vein to form the brachiocephalic vein.

(Internal Jugular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The veins running parallel to the pericardiacophrenic arteries that drain into the brachiocephalic veins or superior vena cava.

(Pericardiacophrenic 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)