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SCLERAL VEINS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scleral veins mean?
• SCLERAL VEINS (noun)
The noun SCLERAL VEINS has 1 sense:
1. tributaries of the anterior ciliary veins that drain the sclera of the eye
Familiarity information: SCLERAL VEINS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tributaries of the anterior ciliary veins that drain the sclera of the eye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
scleral veins; venae sclerales
Hypernyms ("scleral veins" 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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