vena thyroidea

1. 1.

   any of several small veins draining blood from the thyroid area

   Synonymsthyroid vein

   Broadervein

   Narrowerinferior thyroid veinmiddle thyroid veinsuperior thyroid vein

Questions about vena thyroidea

What does vena thyroidea mean?

vena thyroidea means "any of several small veins draining blood from the thyroid area".

What is another word for vena thyroidea?

Close synonyms include thyroid 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 thyroidea a common word?

vena thyroidea 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.