VENA DIPLOICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena diploica mean? 

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

1. one of the veins serving the spongy part of the cranial bones

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA DIPLOICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the veins serving the spongy part of the cranial bones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

diploic vein; vena diploica

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

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