PECTORAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pectoral vein mean? 

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

1. veins that drain the pectoral muscles and empty into the subclavian vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PECTORAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that drain the pectoral muscles and empty into the subclavian vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

pectoral vein; vena pectoralis

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

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