vena axillaris

1. 1.

   a continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian vein

   Synonymsaxillary vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena axillaris

What does vena axillaris mean?

vena axillaris means "a continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian vein".

What is another word for vena axillaris?

Close synonyms include axillary vein. 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 vena axillaris a common word?

vena axillaris 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.