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veinous, a.|ˈveɪnəs|
[f. vein n. Cf. venous a. and F. veineux (16th c.).]
1. Phys.
a. Full of, traversed by, veins.
1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xi. Wks. (1678) 277 The liver and all the veinous parts being polluted. 1719Boyer Dict. Royal i, Veineux,..veinous, full of Veins. 1878F. J. Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 68 We find representatives of this in the parasitic Dicyemidæ, which live in the so-called veinous appendages of the Cephalopoda.
b. Occupying the veins.
1801Med. Jrnl. V. 564 The black or veinous blood not sufficiently stimulating the left ventricle.
c. Consisting of veins.
1831T. Hope Ess. Orig. Man II. 85 In organized matter and bodies only pressures and counterpressures..produce all the divisions and differences of a later and more minute description, first in systems vital, aqueous and aerial,..next..in later systems sanguineous, veinous and arterial.
2. Having large or prominent veins (also transf.); formed by outstanding veins.
1848Dickens Dombey xxvii, The witch..crouched on the veinous root of an old tree, pulled out a short black pipe. 1859― T. Two Cities ii. viii, She clasped her veinous and knotted hands together. 1885Rider Haggard Witch's Head II. iv. 68 Plowden's thick lips turned quite pale, the veinous cross upon his forehead throbbed. |