accessory saphenous vein
n.
An occasional vein running in the thigh parallel to the great saphenous vein, which it joins just before the latter empties into the femoral vein.
An occasional vein running in the thigh parallel to the great saphenous vein, which it joins just before the latter empties into the femoral vein.
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