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    FACIAL VEIN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of several veins draining the faceplay

    Synonyms:

    facial vein; vena facialis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("facial 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 "facial vein"):

    anterior facial vein; vena facialis anterior (a continuation of the angular vein; unites with the retromandibular vein before emptying into the internal jugular vein)

    posterior facial vein; retromandibular vein; vena retromandibularis (posterior branch of the facial vein; formed by temporal veins in front of the ear)

    Holonyms ("facial vein" is a part of...):

    face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

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