innominate vein

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   veins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veins

   Synonymsbrachiocephalic veinvena brachiocephalica

   Broadervein

Questions about innominate vein

What does innominate vein mean?

innominate vein means "veins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veins".

What is another word for innominate vein?

Close synonyms include brachiocephalic vein, vena brachiocephalica. 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 innominate vein a common word?

innominate 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.