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EPISCLERAL VEINS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does episcleral veins mean? 

EPISCLERAL VEINS (noun)
  The noun EPISCLERAL VEINS has 1 sense:

1. small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin; empty into the anterior ciliary veinsplay

  Familiarity information: EPISCLERAL VEINS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EPISCLERAL VEINS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin; empty into the anterior ciliary veins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

episcleral veins; venae episclerales

Hypernyms ("episcleral veins" is a kind of...):

capillary vein; venula; venule (a minute vein continuous with a capillary)


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