subclavian
Americanadjective
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situated or extending beneath the clavicle, as certain arteries or veins.
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pertaining to such an artery, vein, or the like.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of subclavian
1640–50; < New Latin subclāvi ( us ) subclavius + -an
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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.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2023
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.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
Chylomicrons enter the lymphatic vessels, and then enter the blood in the subclavian vein.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The vertebral artery branches from the subclavian artery and passes through the transverse foramen in the cervical vertebrae, entering the base of the skull at the vertebral foramen.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
However, in the species studied, the axillary artery can best be described as a branch from the subclavian; the pectoral stem forms a more direct continuation of the subclavian.
From Thoracic and Coracoid Arteries In Two Families of Birds, Columbidae and Hirundinidae by Marion Anne Jenkinson
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