cerebral vein

1. 1.

   any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain

   Synonymsvena cerebri

   Broadervein

   Narroweranterior cerebral veingreat cerebral veininferior cerebral veininternal cerebral veinmiddle cerebral veinsuperior cerebral vein

Questions about cerebral vein

What does cerebral vein mean?

cerebral vein means "any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain".

What is another word for cerebral vein?

Close synonyms include vena cerebri. 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 cerebral vein a common word?

cerebral 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.