HyperDic: lingual_vein

English > 1 sense of the expression lingual vein:
NOUNbodylingual vein, vena lingualisa vein that receives blood from the tongue and the floor of the mouth and empties into the internal jugular or the facial vein
English > lingual vein: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA vein that receives blood from the tongue and the floor of the mouth and empties into the internal jugular or the facial vein.
Synonymvena lingualis
Part ofmouthThe externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
Broadervein, vena, venous blood vesselA blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
Spanishvena lingual
Catalanvena lingual

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