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    VENA LABIALIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A vein draining the lips of the mouthplay

    Synonyms:

    labial vein; vena labialis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("vena labialis" 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 "vena labialis"):

    inferior labial vein; vena labialis inferior (a tributary of the facial vein that drains the lower lip)

    superior labial vein; vena labialis superior (a tributary of the facial vein that drains the upper lip)

    Holonyms ("vena labialis" is a part of...):

    lip (either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Veins draining the lips of the vulvaplay

    Synonyms:

    labial vein; vena labialis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("vena labialis" 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 "vena labialis"):

    anterior labial veins; venae labiales anteriores (veins from the labia majora to the external pudendal vein)

    posterior labial veins; venae labiales posteriores (veins that pass posterior from the labia majora to the internal pudendal vein)

    Holonyms ("vena labialis" is a part of...):

    vulva (external parts of the female genitalia)

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