Definition of vein

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Vein (n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2..

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Venous :: Venous (a.) Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf..
Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) The place where a stem or vein is forked.
Lymphatic :: Lymphatic (n.) One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct..
Subhornblendic :: Subhepatic (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; -- applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein..
Veined :: Veined (a.) Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble..
Shoading :: Shoading (n.) The tracing of veins of metal by shoads.
Veiny :: Veiny (a.) Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble..
Lode :: Lode (n.) A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not..
Vagina :: Vagina (n.) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein..
Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein..
Cancer :: Cancer (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework..
Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein..
Nerved :: Nerved (a.) Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins..
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
Vein :: Vein (v. t.) To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
Bonny :: Bonny (n.) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein..
Vein :: Vein (n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course..
Filanders :: Filanders (n. pl.) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm..
Feather-veined :: Feather-veined (a.) Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib.
Venous :: Venous (a.) 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..
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