VENA CIRCUMFLEXUS FEMORIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena circumflexus femoris mean? 

• VENA CIRCUMFLEXUS FEMORIS (noun)
  The noun VENA CIRCUMFLEXUS FEMORIS has 1 sense:

1. either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA CIRCUMFLEXUS FEMORIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

circumflex femoral vein; vena circumflexus femoris

Hypernyms ("vena circumflexus femoris" is a kind of...):

circumflex vein; vena circumflexa (any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same name)