Definition of vein

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Vein (n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course..

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Hemorrhoidal :: Hemorrhoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves..
Neuroptera :: Neuroptera (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera..
Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..
Phlebogram :: Phlebogram (n.) A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse..
Camleted :: Camleted (a.) Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined.
Subhornblendic :: Subhepatic (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; -- applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein..
Selvedge :: Selvedge (n.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n., 4..
Rider :: Rider (n.) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it..
Shoading :: Shoading (n.) The tracing of veins of metal by shoads.
Bloodwort :: Bloodwort (n.) A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Haemodoraceae), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing..
Yam :: Yam (n.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated..
Bloodletting :: Bloodletting (n.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection..
Fan-nerved :: Fan-nerved (a.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects..
Horse :: Horse (n.) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance..
Course :: Course (v. i.) To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins..
Cloud :: Cloud (v. t.) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn..
Saphenous :: Saphenous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous veins; as, the saphenous nerves; the saphenous opening, an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh through which the internal saphenous vein passes..
Scarify :: Scarify (v. t.) To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein..
Veined :: Veined (a.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf..
Innominate :: Innominate (a.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava..
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