metacarpal vein

Thesaurus

Noun

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metacarpal vein - dorsal and palmar veins of the handvena metacarpusvein, 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"hand, manus, mitt, paw - the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"