Medical Dictionary

emissary vein

noun em·is·sary vein \ˈem-ə-ˌser-ē-\

Medical Definition of EMISSARY VEIN

:  any of the veins that pass through apertures in the skull and connect the venous sinuses of the dura mater with veins external to the skull
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