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Noun: lingual vein
  1. A vein that receives blood from the tongue and the floor of the mouth and empties into the internal jugular or the facial vein
    - vena lingualis

Derived forms: lingual veins

Type of: vein, vena, venous blood vessel

Part of: mouth

Encyclopedia: Lingual vein