vena cutanea

1. 1.

   one of a number of veins in the subcutaneous tissue that empty into deep veins

   Synonymscutaneous vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena cutanea

What does vena cutanea mean?

vena cutanea means "one of a number of veins in the subcutaneous tissue that empty into deep veins".

What is another word for vena cutanea?

Close synonyms include cutaneous 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 cutanea a common word?

vena cutanea 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.