VENA POPLITEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena poplitea mean? 

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

1. a vein arising in the knee and ascending to become the femoral vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA POPLITEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein arising in the knee and ascending to become the femoral vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

popliteal vein; vena poplitea

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

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