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

1 sense of circumflex vein

Sense 1
circumflex vein, vena circumflexa -- (any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries 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")