tibial vein

1. 1.

   veins of the lower leg; empty into the popliteal vein

   Synonymsvena tibialis

   Broadervein

   Part ofleg

Questions about tibial vein

What does tibial vein mean?

tibial vein means "veins of the lower leg; empty into the popliteal vein".

What is another word for tibial vein?

Close synonyms include vena tibialis. 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 tibial vein a common word?

tibial 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.