(anatomy) Relating to or denoting an artery or vein which serves the neck and arm on the left or right side of the body.

(anatomy) A subclavian part (such as an artery, vein, or nerve).

plural of subclavian

(anatomy) A paired artery of the upper thorax which passes beneath the clavicle and mainly supplies the upper limb, and continues as the axillary artery at the lateral border of the first rib.

plural of subclavian artery

(anatomy) The main vein conveying blood from the arm or forelimb, which is a continuation of the axillary vein and joins with the internal jugular vein to form the brachiocephalic vein.

(medicine) A constellation of signs and symptoms that arise from retrograde (reversed) flow of blood in the vertebral artery or the internal thoracic artery, due to a proximal stenosis and/or occlusion of the subclavian artery.

plural of subclavian steal syndrome