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thoracoacromial(medicine)
thoracoacromial trunk(medicine)
thoracoacromial vein(medicine)
thoracoacromial artery(medicine)
pectoral branch of thoracoacromial artery(medicine)
acromial branch of thoracoacromial artery(medicine)
clavicular branch of thoracoacromial artery(medicine)
empty(2)(dictionary)
empty(1)(dictionary)

thoracoacromial vein (medicine) and empty(2) (iou)


thoracoacromial vein (medicine)


thoracoacromial vein
<anatomy, vein> Corresponding to the artery of the same name, empties into the axillary vein, sometimes by a common trunk with the cephalic vein.

Synonym: vena thoracoacromialis, thoracic axis.


empty(2) (iou)



empty verb. E16.

verb trans. Make empty; remove or clear out the contents of; deprive of specified contents or a specified quality. E16.
D. Hammett Spade..emptied his lungs with a long sighing exhalation. E. Bowen The greengrocer's crates had been emptied of all but earth.
b. Transfer the contents of (one receptacle) into another. L16.
I. McEwan A second bar-hand came by to empty the ashtray into a bucket.
c. Remove (contents) from what contains them; transfer (contents) from one receptacle into another. Also foll. by out (into). L16.
H. Roth She..emptied out the peelings that cluttered the sink into the garbage can.
verb refl. & (chiefly N. Amer.) intrans. Of a river etc.: discharge itself into another river, the sea, etc.; flow into. M16.
T. O'Brien Eisenhower Avenue emptied into a huge traffic circle.
verb refl. Chiefly Theology, of Christ: drain oneself of resources or of a particular attribute; efface oneself utterly. L16.
verb intrans. Become empty. M17.
J. Buchan The carriage had emptied, and I was left alone.