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

1 sense of thyroid vein

Sense 1
thyroid vein, vena thyroidea -- (any of several small veins draining blood from the thyroid area)
       => 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")