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

1 sense of parotid vein

Sense 1
parotid vein -- (parotid branches of the facial vein; they drain part of the parotid gland and empty into the retromandibular 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")