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

1 sense of vena pharyngeus

Sense 1
pharyngeal vein, vena pharyngeus -- (veins from the pharyngeal plexus that empty into the internal jugular 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")