anastomotic vein

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   either of two communicating veins serving the brain

   Synonymsvena anastomotica

   Broadervein

Questions about anastomotic vein

What does anastomotic vein mean?

anastomotic vein means "either of two communicating veins serving the brain".

What is another word for anastomotic vein?

Close synonyms include vena anastomotica. 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 anastomotic vein a common word?

anastomotic 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.