vena intercostalis vs vena

vena intercostalis and vena both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vena intercostalis	Yes	No	No	No
vena	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vena is a hypernym of vena intercostalis; that is, vena is a word with a broader meaning than vena intercostalis:

vena intercostalis: several veins draining the intercostal spaces of the rib cage
vena: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

Other hypernyms of vena intercostalis include vein, venous blood vessel.

vena intercostalis (noun)	vena (noun)
several veins draining the intercostal spaces of the rib cage	a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart