VENA BASALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena basalis mean? 

• VENA BASALIS (noun)
  The noun VENA BASALIS has 1 sense:

1. a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein

  Familiarity information: VENA BASALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA BASALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

basal vein; vena basalis

Hypernyms ("vena basalis" is a kind of...):

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