1. a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein; [syn: basal vein, vena basalis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vena basalis
n 1: a large vein passing along the medial surface of the
temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein
[syn: basal vein, vena basalis]