HyperDic: saphenous_vein

English > 1 sense of the expression saphenous vein:
NOUNbodysaphenous vein, vena saphenaeither of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot
English > saphenous vein: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningEither of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot.
Synonymvena saphena
Part oflegA human limb
Narrowerlong saphenous vein, great saphenous veinThe longest vein in the body
short saphenous veinA vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee
Broadervein, vena, venous blood vesselA blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
Spanishvena safena

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