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Noun: palatine vein
  1. A vein that drains the region of the palate and empties into the facial vein
    "The palatine vein helps remove deoxygenated blood from the roof of the mouth";
    - vena palatina

Derived forms: palatine veins

Type of: vein, vena, venous blood vessel