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SUPERIOR THYROID VEIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vein on each side that drains the upper part of the thyroid and empties into the internal jugular vein
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("superior thyroid vein" is a kind of...):
thyroid vein; vena thyroidea (any of several small veins draining blood from the thyroid area)