long saphenous vein

1. 1.

   the longest vein in the body; runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein

   Synonymsgreat saphenous vein

   Broadersaphenous vein

Questions about long saphenous vein

What does long saphenous vein mean?

long saphenous vein means "the longest vein in the body; runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein".

What is another word for long saphenous vein?

Close synonyms include great saphenous vein. 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 long saphenous vein a common word?

long saphenous 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.