LARYNGEAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laryngeal vein mean? 

• LARYNGEAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun LARYNGEAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. one of two veins draining the larynx

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LARYNGEAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two veins draining the larynx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

laryngeal vein; vena laryngea

Hypernyms ("laryngeal vein" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Holonyms ("laryngeal vein" is a part of...):

larynx; voice box (a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech)