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CEPHALIC VEIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary vein
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cephalic vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Holonyms ("cephalic vein" is a part of...):
arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)
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