单词 | vena |
释义 | venan. 1. A vein; (in later use) spec. = vena cava n. at sense 2. Chiefly in the names of particular veins with classical, post-classical, and scientific Latin adjectives and nouns (usually postmodifying).The Latin names of veins in Nomina Anatomica and Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria are now usually translated in English language texts; some of the major exceptions to this are treated in separate senses. Cf. also cava n.1, azygous n., comes n. 3, etc., where the name of a vein is formed by omitting the word vena. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > [noun] eddreOE arm-eddrec1230 veina1325 pipec1385 weasand1398 venaa1400 conceptacle1576 vene1606 line1611 blood vessel1655 sinus1673 sanguiduct1681 blood sinus1857 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 168 (MED) Of þese ij þingis, þat is to seie vena & arteria, gibbus is maad þat gouerneþ þe stomac & þe guttis. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 54 (MED) Agayne þe mormale be þer lesnyng of vena basilica, i. lyuer vayne. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 40 (MED) The office of kilis vena and of alle hise braunchis is for to beren nutritif blood from þe lyuere to ech lyme of al þe body. 1525 Anothomia in tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Handy Warke Surg. vi. sig. B.iv Through the ryght orifice ronneth a braunche of ye ascendynge vaynes, bryngynge vp the blode frome the lyuer , & descendith frome thens downwarde agayne to vena arterialis for to fede ye longues. 1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. H.iii Of vena Sephalica springeth vena occularis, and of vena Bazilica springeth vena Saluatella. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 40 in Wks. II The Doctor..tells you, Of Vena caua, and of vena porta. 1755 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. IV. 3148/2 Between the aorta and the vena azygos. 1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) vii. 47 A blue vena frontalis..in an open, smooth, well-arched forehead. 1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) II. 8 The abdominal branches of the vena portæ. 1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (1842) 352 The Venæ Thebesii are numerous minute venules [etc.]. 1848 Med. Times 2 Sept. 286/2 The inferior vena was perfect and healthy. 1931 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 74 470 The arachnoidal villi occur most frequently in the superior longitudinal sinus,..the subpetrosal sinus, and the venae meningiae mediae. 1976 Pediatr. Radiol. 14 167 Calcified thrombi in the prerenal (suprarenal) segment of the inferior vena have a characteristic radiographic appearance. 2012 Jrnl. Avian Med. & Surg. 26 214/2 Blood samples were collected from the vena metatarsalis medialis or vena basilica. 2. vena cava n. (also †vena caua; plural venae cavae, vena cavas) [ < classical Latin vēna cava < vēna vein n. + cava , feminine of cavus cave adj., after ancient Greek ϕλὲψ κοίλη] either of two very large veins through which blood enters the right atrium of the heart: (more fully inferior vena cava) a vein conveying blood from the lower (or hind) limbs and abdominal and pelvic organs, and (more fully superior vena cava) a vein conveying blood from the upper (or fore) limbs, head, neck, and chest. ΚΠ 1565 J. Hall Anat. 1st Treat. viii. 11 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. And amonge all the veines there are two moste pryncipalle, from whyche the braunches of all the reast procede: that is to saye, Vena porta, and Vena Coele, whiche some calle Vena Caua. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 65v Under the Cannell bones also, where Vena caua is deuided into two, that is, Axillarem, and Iugularem, are other Glandules. 1683 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Two Disc. Soul of Brutes iii. 12 The venæ cavæ, one ascending, the other descending, meet together from the bottom of the Heart. a1713 W. Salmon Ars Anatomica (1714) vii. xiii. 505/2 The Vena Cava (which contains the veinous Blood either with or without the Chylus) is the largest of all the four Vessels. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 245 The aortic and vena cava pressures are obtained by passing canulæ down the carotid artery and jugular vein respectively. 1920 M. Pitzman Fund. Human Anat. ii. ix. 218 Venous blood enters the right atrium from the superior and inferior vena cavas. 1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 143 Clean away the connective tissue from the venæ cavæ and trace them outwards from the sinus venosus, to see the branches from which they are derived. 2010 Independent 2 Feb. 14/2 Painstakingly, I began dissecting it [sc. the tumour] free of the vena cava. 3. vena comes n. (plural venae comites) [ < post-classical Latin vena comes (1740 or earlier) < classical Latin vēna vein n. + comes comes n.] = vena comitans n. at sense 4; cf. comes n. 3. ΚΠ 1801 J. Bell Princ. Surg. I. 214 The ready connection of the Vena Comes with the outward vein, may have saved the Vena Comes from dilatation. 1920 Lancet 22 May 1136/1 The artery was tied by me..and the existence of a large expanded vena comes noted. 2004 Jrnl. Orthopaedic Nursing 8 54/1 Foot garments..utilise the venous foot pump in the sole of the foot, which consists of the venae comites of the lateral plantar artery. 4. vena comitans n. (plural venae comitantes) [ < post-classical Latin vena comitans (1715 or earlier) < classical Latin vēna vein n. + comitāns , present participle of comitārī to accompany (see comitant adj.)] a vein, or any of two or more veins, closely accompanying an artery or nerve; cf. comes n. 3. ΚΠ 1838 Trans. Provinc. Med. & Surg. Assoc. 6 433 It may reasonably be doubted whether the sound of the venæ comitantes was not in every case the source of the sound heard over the arteries. 1913 Cunningham's Text-bk. Anat. (ed. 4) 1391 The superficial guides to the vessel are the inferior border of the submaxillary gland, and the hypoglossal nerve and its vena comitans. 2011 Oxf. Handbk. Med. Sci. (ed. 2) v. 302 Above the elbow, the basilic vein unites with veins draining deeper structures of the forearm and upper arm (the venae comitantes of the brachial artery). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1400 |
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