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

1 sense of superior ophthalmic vein

Sense 1
superior ophthalmic vein -- (a vein that begins at the inner angle of the eye socket and passes through the superior orbital fissure to empty into the cavernous sinus)
       => ophthalmic vein, vena ophthalmica -- (either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus)