Found 2 hits - Term: venous, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
venous \ven"ous\, a. l. venosus, from vena a vein. see vein.
1. anat. of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the
venous circulation of the blood.
1913 webster
2. 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
3. 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 anaemia.
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.
1913 webster
see also:
vein venous leaf venous hum venous pulse
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
venous
adj : of or contained in or performing the function of the veins;
"venous inflammation"; "venous blood as contrasted with
arterial blood"; "venous circulation"
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