vena intercostalis

1. 1.

   several veins draining the intercostal spaces of the rib cage

   Synonymsintercostal vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena intercostalis

What does vena intercostalis mean?

vena intercostalis means "several veins draining the intercostal spaces of the rib cage".

What is another word for vena intercostalis?

Close synonyms include intercostal 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 intercostalis a common word?

vena intercostalis 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.