Definition of vein

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Vein (n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.

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Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein..
Varicose :: Varicose (a.) Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like..
Crop :: Crop (n.) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
Veinal :: Veinal (a.) Pertaining to veins; venous.
Bluish :: Bluish (a.) Somewhat blue; as, bluish veins..
Interveined :: Interveined (a.) Intersected, as with veins..
Stockwork :: Stockwork (n.) A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories..
Shadd :: Shadd (n.) Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein..
Veining :: Veining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vei.
String :: String (n.) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein..
Basset :: Basset (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel..
Mammary :: Mammary (a.) Of or pertaining to the mammae or breasts; as, the mammary arteries and veins..
Rectinerved :: Rectinerved (a.) Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.
Bar :: Bar (n.) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation..
Portal :: Portal (a.) Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery..
Veined :: Veined (a.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf..
Phlebogram :: Phlebogram (n.) A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse..
Blood Vessel :: Blood vessel () Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein..
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