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Thebesian, a. Anat.|θiːˈbiːsɪən|
[f. Thebesius, name of a German anatomist (1686–1732) + -an.]
Applied to structures in the heart discovered or investigated by Thebesius:
Thebesian foramina, small openings into the right auricle, believed to be the orifices of the Thebesian veins; Thebesian valve, the coronary valve; Thebesian veins, small veins bringing blood from the substance of the heart into the right auricle.
1871Huxley Anat. Vertebr. Anim. 407 In the heart [of the porpoise] the fossa ovalis is distinct, but there is neither Eustachian nor Thebesian valve. |