superior labial vein

1. 1.

   a tributary of the facial vein that drains the upper lip

   Synonymsvena labialis superior

   Broaderlabial vein

Questions about superior labial vein

What does superior labial vein mean?

superior labial vein means "a tributary of the facial vein that drains the upper lip".

What is another word for superior labial vein?

Close synonyms include vena labialis 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 labial vein a common word?

superior labial 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.