释义
[ vee -nuh s ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈvi nəs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective of, relating to, or of the nature of a vein.
having, characterized by, or composed of veins.
pertaining to the blood in the pulmonary artery, right side of the heart, and most veins, that has become deoxygenated and charged with carbon dioxide during its passage through the body and that in humans is normally dark red.
Origin of venous 1620–30; variant of venose; see -ous
OTHER WORDS FROM venous ve·nous·ly, adverb ve·nous·ness, noun non·ve·nous, adjective non·ve·nous·ly, adverb
non·ve·nous·ness, noun post·ve·nous, adjective
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Words nearby venous venose, venosity, venostasis, venostomy, venotomy, venous , venous angle, venous blood, venous capillary, venous hum, venous hyperemia
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Example sentences from the Web for venous I had triple the normal rate of venous thromboembolism—a blood clot forming disorder—and an elevated risk for male breast cancer.
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Venous thromboembolism—a condition that leads to blood clots—can be prevented fairly easily.
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Now, the venous system routing blood around the scarred parts of my liver is more complex, more liable to rupture.
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In the sea-scurvy there exists an inactivity of venous absorption, whence vibices and petechi, and sometimes ulcers.
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The Chick may be taken to illustrate the development of the venous system in Birds.
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Having parted thus with its impurities, the venous blood ebbed back again from the right ventricle into the venous system.
The Legacy of Greece | Various
Cardio-coelomic: applied to the venous openings from the heart to the body cavity.
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The blood left its source in the liver, by way of the roots of the venous system, that is, by the hepatic veins of modern anatomy.
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British Dictionary definitions for venous adjective physiol of or relating to the blood circulating in the veins
of or relating to the veins
Derived forms of venous venously , adverb venousness , noun Word Origin for venous C17: see venose
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Medical definitions for venous adj. Of, relating to, or contained in the veins.
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