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

1 sense of subclavian vein

Sense 1
subclavian vein, vena subclavia -- (a continuation of the axillary vein; joins the internal jugular to form the brachiocephalic 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")