SUPERIOR OPHTHALMIC VEIN

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting body parts

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)

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