SUPERIOR CEREBRAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superior cerebral vein mean? 

• SUPERIOR CEREBRAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun SUPERIOR CEREBRAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. a cerebral vein that drains the dorsal convexity of the cerebral hemisphere and empties into the cavernous sinus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERIOR CEREBRAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cerebral vein that drains the dorsal convexity of the cerebral hemisphere and empties into the cavernous sinus

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

superior cerebral vein; vena cerebrum superior

Hypernyms ("superior cerebral vein" is a kind of...):

cerebral vein; vena cerebri (any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain)