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    VENA TEMPORALIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of several veins draining the temporal regionplay

    Synonyms:

    temporal vein; vena temporalis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("vena temporalis" 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 temporalis"):

    deep temporal vein (temporal veins that empty into the pterygoid plexus)

    middle temporal vein (arises near the eye; joins the superficial temporal veins to form the retromandibular vein)

    superficial temporal vein (join the middle temporal vein to empty into the retromandibular vein)

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