VENA BASILICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena basilica mean? 

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

1. a vein that drains the back of the hand and forearm and empties into the axillary vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA BASILICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein that drains the back of the hand and forearm and empties into the axillary vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

basilic vein; vena basilica

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

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

Holonyms ("vena basilica" is a part of...):

forearm (the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist)