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

1 sense of emissary vein

Sense 1
emissary vein, vena emissaria -- (one of several connecting veins in the scalp and head that drain blood from sinuses in the dura mater to veins outside the skull)
       => 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")