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OPHTHALMIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ophthalmic vein mean? 

OPHTHALMIC VEIN (noun)
  The noun OPHTHALMIC VEIN has 1 sense:

1. either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinusplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OPHTHALMIC VEIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ophthalmic vein; vena ophthalmica

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ophthalmic vein"):

inferior ophthalmic vein (a vein that drains a venous network in the floor and medial wall of the eye socket)

superior ophthalmic vein (a vein that begins at the inner angle of the eye socket and passes through the superior orbital fissure to empty into the cavernous sinus)


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