axillary vein

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   a continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian vein

   Synonymsvena axillaris

   Broadervein

Questions about axillary vein

What does axillary vein mean?

axillary vein means "a continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian vein".

What is another word for axillary vein?

Close synonyms include vena axillaris. 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 axillary vein a common word?

axillary 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.