vena temporalis

1. 1.

   any of several veins draining the temporal region

   Synonymstemporal vein

   Broadervein

   Narrowerdeep temporal veinmiddle temporal veinsuperficial temporal vein

Questions about vena temporalis

What does vena temporalis mean?

vena temporalis means "any of several veins draining the temporal region".

What is another word for vena temporalis?

Close synonyms include temporal 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 temporalis a common word?

vena temporalis 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.