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

1 sense of diploic vein

Sense 1
diploic vein, vena diploica -- (one of the veins serving the spongy part of the cranial bones)
       => 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")