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

1 sense of tympanic vein

Sense 1
tympanic vein -- (veins from the tympanic cavity that empty into the retromandibular 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")