POSTERIOR FACIAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posterior facial vein mean? 

• POSTERIOR FACIAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun POSTERIOR FACIAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. posterior branch of the facial vein; formed by temporal veins in front of the ear

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTERIOR FACIAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Posterior branch of the facial vein; formed by temporal veins in front of the ear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

posterior facial vein; retromandibular vein; vena retromandibularis

Hypernyms ("posterior facial vein" is a kind of...):

facial vein; vena facialis (any of several veins draining the face)