NASOFRONTAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nasofrontal vein mean? 

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

1. a vein located in the anterior medial part of the orbit; connects the superior ophthalmic with the angular vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NASOFRONTAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein located in the anterior medial part of the orbit; connects the superior ophthalmic with the angular vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nasofrontal vein; vena nasofrontalis

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

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