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PAROTID VEIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Parotid branches of the facial vein; they drain part of the parotid gland and empty into the retromandibular vein
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Hypernyms ("parotid vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)