SAPHENOUS VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saphenous vein mean? 

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

1. either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAPHENOUS VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

saphenous vein; vena saphena

Hypernyms ("saphenous 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 "saphenous vein"):

great saphenous vein; long saphenous vein (the longest vein in the body; runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein)

short saphenous vein (a vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee)

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

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)