superior cerebral vein

1. 1.

   a cerebral vein that drains the dorsal convexity of the cerebral hemisphere and empties into the cavernous sinus

   Synonymsvena cerebrum superior

   Broadercerebral vein

Questions about superior cerebral vein

What does superior cerebral vein mean?

superior cerebral vein means "a cerebral vein that drains the dorsal convexity of the cerebral hemisphere and empties into the cavernous sinus".

What is another word for superior cerebral vein?

Close synonyms include vena cerebrum superior. 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 superior cerebral vein a common word?

superior cerebral 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.