Term: vertebral vein: a vein that goes through the foramina of the cervical vertebrae and forms a plexus around the vertebral artery; empties into the brachiocephalic vein
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: granuloma inguinale: a venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium; characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: maker: a person who makes things
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: hostility: a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: blossoming: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: linseed: the seed of flax used as a source of oil
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: bareness: the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body)
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: helladic civilization: the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: red grouse: reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: pediment: a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: streptokinase: an enzyme produced by some strains of streptococcus that can liquefy blood clots by converting plasminogen to plasmin; used medicinally in some cases of myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism