metacarpal vein

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   dorsal and palmar veins of the hand

   Synonymsvena metacarpus

   Broadervein

   Part ofhand

Questions about metacarpal vein

What does metacarpal vein mean?

metacarpal vein means "dorsal and palmar veins of the hand".

What is another word for metacarpal vein?

Close synonyms include vena metacarpus. 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 metacarpal vein a common word?

metacarpal 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.