palatine vein

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   a vein that drains the region of the palate and empties into the facial vein

   Synonymsvena palatina

   Broadervein

Questions about palatine vein

What does palatine vein mean?

palatine vein means "a vein that drains the region of the palate and empties into the facial vein".

What is another word for palatine vein?

Close synonyms include vena palatina. 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 palatine vein a common word?

palatine 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.