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

1 sense of palatine vein

Sense 1
palatine vein, vena palatina -- (a vein that drains the region of the palate and empties into the facial vein)
       => 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")