vena subclavia

1. 1.

   a continuation of the axillary vein; joins the internal jugular to form the brachiocephalic vein

   Synonymssubclavian vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena subclavia

What does vena subclavia mean?

vena subclavia means "a continuation of the axillary vein; joins the internal jugular to form the brachiocephalic vein".

What is another word for vena subclavia?

Close synonyms include subclavian 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 subclavia a common word?

vena subclavia 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.