Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun axillary_vein

1 sense of axillary vein

Sense 1
axillary vein, vena axillaris -- (a continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian vein)
       => vein, vena, venous blood vessel -- (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood")