middle thyroid vein
- noun
- Specialized
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vena tiroidea media
- During the thyroidectomy, the surgeon carefully ligated the middle thyroid vein to prevent bleeding.
Examples
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The radiologist was able to visualize the middle thyroid vein on the ultrasound scan.
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Damage to the middle thyroid vein may result in significant blood loss during neck surgery.
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The middle thyroid vein plays a crucial role in thyroid function.
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Surgeons must be careful when operating near the middle thyroid vein.
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Surgeons must be careful when operating near the middle thyroid vein to avoid damaging it.
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During the thyroidectomy, the surgeon carefully ligated the middle thyroid vein to prevent bleeding.
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Damage to the middle thyroid vein may result in significant blood loss during neck surgery.
Synonyms
A small blood vessel in the neck that carries blood away from the thyroid gland
A small vein that carries blood from the thyroid in the neck
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'middle' (central position) + 'thyroid' (the neck gland) + 'vein' (blood vessel) yields a straightforward meaning of a vein located at the middle region of the thyroid. While detailed anatomical specifics (e.g. which vessel it drains into) are technical, the basic referent is directly derivable from the constituents and would be understood by a learner who knows the three words.
Etymology
Middle thyroid vein names the place and the job: the vein is a small blood tube from the thyroid gland in the neck, and middle shows it sits between other thyroid veins. It 'drains' blood from the side of the gland and 'empties into' a larger neck vein, so the name tells where it is and what it does.
