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

1 sense of ophthalmic vein

Sense 1
ophthalmic vein, vena ophthalmica -- (either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus)
       => 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")