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
Lymph flows from the lymphatic capillaries, through lymphatic vessels, and then is dumped into the circulatory system via the lymphatic ducts located at the junction of the jugular and subclavian veins in the neck.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The subclavian artery continues toward the arm as the axillary artery.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
This arrangement makes it necessary for the subclavian to leave the thoracic cavity dorsal to the costal process, although it does pass immediately anterior to that process.
From Thoracic and Coracoid Arteries In Two Families of Birds, Columbidae and Hirundinidae by Marion Anne Jenkinson
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