Definition of venous

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Venous (a.) Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf..

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Cormoraut :: Cormoraut (a.) Ravenous; voracious.
Veinal :: Veinal (a.) Pertaining to veins; venous.
Arterialize :: Arterialize (v. t.) To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial..
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
Edacity :: Edacity (n.) Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity.
Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..
Arterialization :: Arterialization (n.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aeration and hematosis..
Phlebogram :: Phlebogram (n.) A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse..
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..
Vein :: Vein (n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2..
Limosis :: Limosis (n.) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.
Ferocious :: Ferocious (a.) Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion..
Flock :: Flock (n.) A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl..
Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire..
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.
Haematogenesis :: Haematogenesis (n.) The transformation of venous arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.
Predatory :: Predatory (a.) Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits..
Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture..
Ravin :: Ravin (a.) Ravenous.
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