vena peroneus

1. 1.

   accompany the peroneal arteries; arising in the heel and running up the back of the leg to join the posterior tibial veins of the popliteal vein

   Synonymsperoneal veinfibular vein

   Broadervein

   Part ofleg

Questions about vena peroneus

What does vena peroneus mean?

vena peroneus means "accompany the peroneal arteries; arising in the heel and running up the back of the leg to join the posterior tibial veins of the popliteal vein".

What is another word for vena peroneus?

Close synonyms include peroneal vein, fibular 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 peroneus a common word?

vena peroneus 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.