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subclavian veins

subclavian veins is the plural of subclavian vein.

Meaning of subclavian vein

Noun

subclavian vein (plural subclavian veins)

  1. The main vein conveying blood from the arm or forelimb, which is a continuation of the axillary vein and joins with the internal jugular vein to form the brachiocephalic vein.

Questions about subclavian veins

What is subclavian veins the plural of?
Subclavian veins is the plural of subclavian vein.

Words near subclavian veins in the dictionary

  1. subclavian arteries
  2. subclavian artery
  3. subclavian steal syndrome
  4. subclavian steal syndromes
  5. subclavian vein
  6. subclavian veins
  7. subclavians
  8. subclavicular
  9. subclavii
  10. subclavius
  11. subcleithral

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