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

1 sense of vena occipitalis

Sense 1
occipital vein, vena occipitalis -- (a vein that drains the occipital 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")