INFERIOR THYROID VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inferior thyroid vein mean? 

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

1. any of several veins on each side that drain the thyroid gland and empty into the innominate vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFERIOR THYROID VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several veins on each side that drain the thyroid gland and empty into the innominate vein

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Nouns denoting body parts

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

thyroid vein; vena thyroidea (any of several small veins draining blood from the thyroid area)