episcleral veins

1. 1.

   small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin; empty into the anterior ciliary veins

   Synonymsvenae episclerales

   Broadervenule

Questions about episcleral veins

What does episcleral veins mean?

episcleral veins means "small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin; empty into the anterior ciliary veins".

What is another word for episcleral veins?

Close synonyms include venae episclerales. 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 episcleral veins a common word?

episcleral veins 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.