basivertebral vein

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   one of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus

   Synonymsvena basivertebralis

   Broadervein

Questions about basivertebral vein

What does basivertebral vein mean?

basivertebral vein means "one of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus".

What is another word for basivertebral vein?

Close synonyms include vena basivertebralis. 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 basivertebral vein a common word?

basivertebral 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.