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

1 sense of cervical vein

Sense 1
cervical vein, deep cervical vein, vena cervicalis profunda -- (a vein that accompanies an artery of the same name)
       => 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")