Medical Dictionary

internal thoracic vein

noun

Medical Definition of INTERNAL THORACIC VEIN

:  a vein of the trunk on each side of the body that accompanies the corresponding internal thoracic artery and empties into the brachiocephalic vein—called also internal mammary vein

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