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INFERIOR OPHTHALMIC VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inferior ophthalmic vein mean?
• INFERIOR OPHTHALMIC VEIN (noun)
The noun INFERIOR OPHTHALMIC VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a vein that drains a venous network in the floor and medial wall of the eye socket
Familiarity information: INFERIOR OPHTHALMIC VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INFERIOR OPHTHALMIC VEIN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vein that drains a venous network in the floor and medial wall of the eye socket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("inferior ophthalmic vein" is a kind of...):
ophthalmic vein; vena ophthalmica (either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus)
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