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    CEREBRAL VEIN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brainplay

    Synonyms:

    cerebral vein; vena cerebri

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("cerebral vein" is a kind of...):

    vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cerebral vein"):

    anterior cerebral vein; vena cerebri anterior (accompanies the anterior cerebral artery and empties into the basal vein)

    great cerebral vein; vena cerebri magna (a cerebral vein formed by the two internal cerebral veins and continuing into the sinus rectus)

    inferior cerebral vein; venae cerebrum inferior (veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses)

    internal cerebral vein; vena cerebrum internus (two paired veins passing caudally near the midline and uniting to form the great cerebral vein)

    middle cerebral vein; vena cerebri media (either of two cerebral veins)

    superior cerebral vein; vena cerebrum superior (a cerebral vein that drains the dorsal convexity of the cerebral hemisphere and empties into the cavernous sinus)

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