vena temporalis vs vena

vena temporalis and vena both are nouns.

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

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

vena temporalis: any of several veins draining the temporal region
vena: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

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

vena temporalis (noun)	vena (noun)
any of several veins draining the temporal region	a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart