Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the veins in the body.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being the blood in the veins or pulmonary arteries that is usually dark red as a result of low oxygen content.
- adjective Having numerous veins, as a leaf or the wings of an insect.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to veins; full of veins; contained in veins; veined; venose: as, the venous system; venous blood or circulation; a. venous plexus, sinus, or radicle.
- In entomology, having veins or nervures; venose or veined, as an insect's wing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a vein or veins.
- adjective Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; -- said of the blood, and opposed to
arterial . - adjective Marked with veins; veined.
- adjective (Bot.) a leaf having vessels branching, or variously divided, over its surface.
- adjective (Med.) a humming sound, or bruit, heard during auscultation of the veins of the neck in anæmia.
- adjective (Physiol.) the pulse, or rhythmic contraction, sometimes seen in a vein, as in the neck, when there is an obstruction to the passage of blood from the auricles to the ventricles, or when there is an abnormal rigidity in the walls of the greater vessels. There is normally no pulse in a vein.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
veins . - adjective Possessing veins.
- adjective Having numerous veins.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or contained in or performing the function of the veins
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When the muscles of the calves and thighs are in contraction, blood low in oxygen, what we call venous blood, is pumped through the leg muscle pump from the legs to the heart.
Eye of the Storm V.C. Andrews 2001
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When the muscles of the calves and thighs are in contraction, blood low in oxygen, what we call venous blood, is pumped through the leg muscle pump from the legs to the heart.
Eye of the Storm V.C. Andrews 2001
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Dr. Saltzman also reports 100% success with keeping pediatric patients out of the operating room to obtain venous access.
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The lymphatic vessels pump up this fluid from every part of the system, and convey it into the veins to be mixed with the blood which runs through them, and which is commonly called venous blood.
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The follow-up analysis of three recently completed international clinical studies on short-term venous thromboembolism (VTE) protective medicine in patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery demonstrated that the ultra-low-molecular-weight heparin semuloparin reduced the incidence of VTE and all-cause death by 25 per cent compared to the commonly used therapy drug enoxaparin (a low-molecular-weight heparin).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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But since the majority of CLABSI cases occur on other hospital floors that care for acutely ill, high-risk patients who require the long-term venous access for delivery of IV medications or nutrition, the Penn investigators sought to identify ways to eliminate all preventable infections of this kind.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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But since the majority of CLABSI cases occur on other hospital floors that care for acutely ill, high-risk patients who require the long-term venous access for delivery of IV medications or nutrition, the Penn investigators sought to identify ways to eliminate all preventable infections of this kind.
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But since the majority of CLABSI cases occur on other hospital floors that care for acutely ill, high-risk patients who require the long-term venous access for delivery of IV medications or nutrition, the Penn investigators sought to identify ways to eliminate all preventable infections of this kind.
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Eliquis already has received European regulatory approval as a treatment to prevent certain blood clots, known as venous thromboembolism, in people undergoing knee- and hip-replacement surgery.
Stroke Drug to Get Speedy FDA Review Peter Loftus 2011
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Xarelto is currently approved in the U.S. as a short-term treatment to prevent certain blood clots, known as venous thromboembolism, or VTE, in people undergoing knee- and hip-replacement surgery.
Bayer, J&J Suffer FDA Setback Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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