intercostal vein

1. 1.

   several veins draining the intercostal spaces of the rib cage

   Synonymsvena intercostalis

   Broadervein

Questions about intercostal vein

What does intercostal vein mean?

intercostal vein means "several veins draining the intercostal spaces of the rib cage".

What is another word for intercostal vein?

Close synonyms include vena intercostalis. 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 intercostal vein a common word?

intercostal 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.