cutaneous vein

1. 1.

   one of a number of veins in the subcutaneous tissue that empty into deep veins

   Synonymsvena cutanea

   Broadervein

Questions about cutaneous vein

What does cutaneous vein mean?

cutaneous vein means "one of a number of veins in the subcutaneous tissue that empty into deep veins".

What is another word for cutaneous vein?

Close synonyms include vena cutanea. 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 cutaneous vein a common word?

cutaneous 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.