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

1 sense of temporal vein

Sense 1
temporal vein, vena temporalis -- (any of several veins draining the temporal region)
       => 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")