CLITORAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clitoral vein mean? 

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

1. veins that serve the clitoris

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLITORAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that serve the clitoris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

clitoral vein; vena clitoridis

Hypernyms ("clitoral 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 "clitoral vein"):

venae profundae clitoridis (deep veins of the clitoris; join the vesical plexus)

vena dorsalis clitoridis profunda (deep dorsal vein of the clitoris; tributary of the vesical venous plexus)

venae dorsales clitoridis superficiales (superficial dorsal veins of the clitoris; tributaries of the external pudendal vein on either side)