occipital vein

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   a vein that drains the occipital region

   Synonymsvena occipitalis

   Broadervein

Questions about occipital vein

What does occipital vein mean?

occipital vein means "a vein that drains the occipital region".

What is another word for occipital vein?

Close synonyms include vena occipitalis. 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 occipital vein a common word?

occipital 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.