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venous

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Adjective

HYPHEN

ve=nous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective venous has 1 sense

venous(a = adj.pert) - of or contained in or performing the function of the veins; "venous inflammation"; "venous blood as contrasted with arterial blood"; "venous circulation"

Derived form noun

vein₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

venous, a. [L. venosus, from vena a vein. See Vein.].

Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the blood. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf. [1913 Webster]

Venous leaf (Bot.), a leaf having vessels branching, or variously divided, over its surface. -- Venous hum (Med.), a humming sound, or bruit, heard during auscultation of the veins of the neck in anæmia. -- Venous pulse (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.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

venous, adj. of, full of, or contained in veins.

Derivative

venosity n. venously adv.

Etymology

L venosus VENOSE or L vena vein + -OUS

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ROGET THESAURUS

venous

Filament

N filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.