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PERFORATING VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perforating vein mean?
• PERFORATING VEIN (noun)
The noun PERFORATING VEIN has 1 sense:
1. veins that accompany the perforating arteries; drain leg muscles; empty into the deep femoral vein
Familiarity information: PERFORATING VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Veins that accompany the perforating arteries; drain leg muscles; empty into the deep femoral vein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
perforating vein; vena perforantis
Hypernyms ("perforating vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
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