PAROTID VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parotid vein mean? 

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

1. parotid branches of the facial vein; they drain part of the parotid gland and empty into the retromandibular vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAROTID VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Parotid branches of the facial vein; they drain part of the parotid gland and empty into the retromandibular vein

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("parotid vein" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)