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CUTANEOUS VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cutaneous vein mean? 

CUTANEOUS VEIN (noun)
  The noun CUTANEOUS VEIN has 1 sense:

1. one of a number of veins in the subcutaneous tissue that empty into deep veinsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CUTANEOUS VEIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a number of veins in the subcutaneous tissue that empty into deep veins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cutaneous vein; vena cutanea

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

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


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