VENA CEREBRI MEDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena cerebri media mean? 

• VENA CEREBRI MEDIA (noun)
  The noun VENA CEREBRI MEDIA has 1 sense:

1. either of two cerebral veins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA CEREBRI MEDIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two cerebral veins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

middle cerebral vein; vena cerebri media

Hypernyms ("vena cerebri media" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vena cerebri media"):

deep middle cerebral vein (accompanies the middle cerebral artery deep in the Sylvian fissure; empties into the basal vein)

superficial middle cerebral vein (a large vein along the line of the Sylvian fissure to the cavernous sinus)