vena emissaria

1. 1.

   one of several connecting veins in the scalp and head that drain blood from sinuses in the dura mater to veins outside the skull

   Synonymsemissary vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena emissaria

What does vena emissaria mean?

vena emissaria means "one of several connecting veins in the scalp and head that drain blood from sinuses in the dura mater to veins outside the skull".

What is another word for vena emissaria?

Close synonyms include emissary 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 emissaria a common word?

vena emissaria 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.