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

1 sense of vena maxillaris

Sense 1
maxillary vein, vena maxillaris -- (posterior continuation of the pterygoid plexus; joins the superficial temporal vein to form 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")