great cerebral vein


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Noun1.great cerebral vein - a cerebral vein formed by the two internal cerebral veins and continuing into the sinus rectus
vena cerebri magna
cerebral vein, vena cerebri - any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain
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