inferior cerebral vein

1. 1.

   veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses

   Synonymsvenae cerebrum inferior

   Broadercerebral vein

Questions about inferior cerebral vein

What does inferior cerebral vein mean?

inferior cerebral vein means "veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses".

What is another word for inferior cerebral vein?

Close synonyms include venae cerebrum inferior. 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 inferior cerebral vein a common word?

inferior 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.