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SUPERIOR OPHTHALMIC VEIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("superior ophthalmic vein" is a kind of...):
ophthalmic vein; vena ophthalmica (either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus)