HyperDic: superior_ophthalmic_vein

English > 1 sense of the expression *superior ophthalmic vein*:
NOUN	body	superior ophthalmic vein	a vein that begins at the inner angle of the eye socket and passes through the superior orbital fissure to empty into the cavernous sinus

English > *superior ophthalmic vein*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	A vein that begins at the inner angle of the eye socket and passes through the superior orbital fissure to empty into the cavernous sinus.
Broader	ophthalmic vein, vena ophthalmica	Either of two veins that serve the eye
Spanish	vena oftálmica superior