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PALATINE VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does palatine vein mean?
• PALATINE VEIN (noun)
The noun PALATINE VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a vein that drains the region of the palate and empties into the facial vein
Familiarity information: PALATINE VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vein that drains the region of the palate and empties into the facial vein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
palatine vein; vena palatina
Hypernyms ("palatine vein" 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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