HyperDic: parotid_vein

English > 1 sense of the expression parotid vein:
NOUNbodyparotid veinparotid branches of the facial vein
English > parotid vein: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningparotid branches of the facial vein; they drain part of the parotid gland and empty into the retromandibular vein.
Broadervein, vena, venous blood vesselA blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
Spanishvena parótida

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