parotid vein

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   parotid branches of the facial vein; they drain part of the parotid gland and empty into the retromandibular vein

   Broadervein

Questions about parotid vein

What does parotid vein mean?

parotid vein means "parotid branches of the facial vein; they drain part of the parotid gland and empty into the retromandibular vein".

Is parotid vein a common word?

parotid 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.