ethmoidal vein

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   veins that drain the ethmoidal sinuses and empty into the superior ophthalmic vein

   Synonymsvena ethmoidalis

   Broadervein

Questions about ethmoidal vein

What does ethmoidal vein mean?

ethmoidal vein means "veins that drain the ethmoidal sinuses and empty into the superior ophthalmic vein".

What is another word for ethmoidal vein?

Close synonyms include vena ethmoidalis. 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 ethmoidal vein a common word?

ethmoidal 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.