phrenic vein

1. 1.

   either of two veins that drain the diaphragm

   Synonymsvena phrenica

   Broadervein

Questions about phrenic vein

What does phrenic vein mean?

phrenic vein means "either of two veins that drain the diaphragm".

What is another word for phrenic vein?

Close synonyms include vena phrenica. 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 phrenic vein a common word?

phrenic 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.