subclavian vein

1. 1.

   a continuation of the axillary vein; joins the internal jugular to form the brachiocephalic vein

   Synonymsvena subclavia

   Broadervein

Questions about subclavian vein

What does subclavian vein mean?

subclavian vein means "a continuation of the axillary vein; joins the internal jugular to form the brachiocephalic vein".

What is another word for subclavian vein?

Close synonyms include vena subclavia. 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 subclavian vein a common word?

subclavian 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.