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SHORT SAPHENOUS VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does short saphenous vein mean?
• SHORT SAPHENOUS VEIN (noun)
The noun SHORT SAPHENOUS VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee
Familiarity information: SHORT SAPHENOUS VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("short saphenous vein" is a kind of...):
saphenous vein; vena saphena (either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot)
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