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

1 sense of popliteal vein

Sense 1
popliteal vein, vena poplitea -- (a vein arising in the knee and ascending to become the femoral 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")