Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subclavian vein

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: sub-cla-vian vein
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

subclavian veins (plural)

Synonyms

vena subclavia

Questions

What does subclavian vein mean?: 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.

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