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

1 sense of vena thoracica

Sense 1
thoracic vein, vena thoracica -- (veins that drain the thoracic walls)
       => 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")