GREAT CEREBRAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great cerebral vein mean? 

• GREAT CEREBRAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun GREAT CEREBRAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. a cerebral vein formed by the two internal cerebral veins and continuing into the sinus rectus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREAT CEREBRAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cerebral vein formed by the two internal cerebral veins and continuing into the sinus rectus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

great cerebral vein; vena cerebri magna

Hypernyms ("great cerebral vein" is a kind of...):

cerebral vein; vena cerebri (any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain)

 Context examples 

A pair of parallel blood vessels deep within both cerebral hemispheres that are formed by the union of the choroid and terminal veins and drain into the great cerebral vein.

(Internal Cerebral Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The sinus receives blood from the great cerebral vein and joins the superior sagittal sinus posteriorly.

(Inferior Sagittal Sinus, NCI Thesaurus)