SUPERIOR OPHTHALMIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superior ophthalmic vein mean? 

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

1. a vein that begins at the inner angle of the eye socket and passes through the superior orbital fissure to empty into the cavernous sinus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERIOR OPHTHALMIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein that begins at the inner angle of the eye socket and passes through the superior orbital fissure to empty into the cavernous sinus

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Nouns denoting body parts

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

ophthalmic vein; vena ophthalmica (either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus)