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diploic vein
 

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Noun diploic vein has 1 sense
  1. diploic vein, vena diploica - one of the veins serving the spongy part of the cranial bones
    --1 is a kind of vein, vena, venous blood vessel

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Diploic Vein

Noun: The diploic vein is a vein that runs within the diploë, the spongy layer of cancellous bone found in the skull.

Sample Sentence: The diploic veins play a crucial role in draining blood from the cranial bones.

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