brachiocephalic vein

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   veins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veins

   Synonymsinnominate veinvena brachiocephalica

   Broadervein

Questions about brachiocephalic vein

What does brachiocephalic vein mean?

brachiocephalic vein means "veins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veins".

What is another word for brachiocephalic vein?

Close synonyms include innominate vein, vena brachiocephalica. 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 brachiocephalic vein a common word?

brachiocephalic 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.