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maxillary vein

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
max-il-lary vein
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A short venous trunk of the face that is formed by the union of veins from the pterygoid plexus and that joins with the superficial temporal vein to form a vein which contributes to the formation of the external jugular vein.

Inflected Forms

maxillary veins (plural)

Synonyms

vena maxillaris

Questions

What does maxillary vein mean?
A short venous trunk of the face that is formed by the union of veins from the pterygoid plexus and that joins with the superficial temporal vein to form a vein which contributes to the formation of the external jugular vein.

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