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subclavian vein

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. either of a pair of veins, one on each side of the body, that return blood from the arms to the heart.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of subclavian vein1

First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences

Instead, by the time I met up with her in the emergency department, her doctors were scrambling to make sure that the clot in her subclavian vein under her collarbone wasn't moving toward her heart.

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In a statement, Julie A. Freischlag, the dean of the Wake Forest’s medical school and a vascular surgeon, said Hartman developed the clot in the subclavian vein, located near the collarbone.

Korda’s season was interrupted when she felt swelling in her left arm — a blood clot in the subclavian vein.

Women’s Open following a procedure in March to remove a blood clot from her subclavian vein.

Helen’s family and the medical team watched in awe as the pale pink solution of cells flowed in through her left subclavian vein.

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