subclavian

[suhb-kley-vee-uhn]

adjective

1. situated or extending beneath the clavicle, as certain arteries or veins.

2. pertaining to such an artery, vein, or the like.

subclavian

/ sʌbˈkleɪvɪən /

adjective

1. anatomy (of an artery, vein, area, etc) situated below the clavicle

Word History and Origins

Origin of subclavian¹

1640–50; < New Latin subclāvi ( us ) subclavius + -an

Word History and Origins

Origin of subclavian¹

C17: from New Latin subclāvius, from Latin _sub- + clavis key

Example Sentences

The autopsy report shows that the gunshot wound hit the subclavian artery — a major blood vessel that brings blood to the arms, neck and head.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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