accompanying vein

1. 1.

   a vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return

   Synonymsvena comitans

   Broadervein

Questions about accompanying vein

What does accompanying vein mean?

accompanying vein means "a vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return".

What is another word for accompanying vein?

Close synonyms include vena comitans. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is accompanying vein a common word?

accompanying vein is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.