INFERIOR CEREBRAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inferior cerebral vein mean? 

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

1. veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFERIOR CEREBRAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

inferior cerebral vein; venae cerebrum inferior

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

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