ophthalmic vein

1. 1.

   either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus

   Synonymsvena ophthalmica

   Broadervein

   Narrowerinferior ophthalmic veinsuperior ophthalmic vein

Questions about ophthalmic vein

What does ophthalmic vein mean?

ophthalmic vein means "either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus".

What is another word for ophthalmic vein?

Close synonyms include vena ophthalmica. 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 ophthalmic vein a common word?

ophthalmic 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.