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Meaning of VENA

Pronunciation:  'veenu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  
 
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 Synonyms: vein
 
 See Also: accessory cephalic vein, accessory hemiazygos vein, accessory hemiazygous vein, accessory vertebral vein, accompanying vein, anastomotic vein, angular vein, anterior vertebral vein, appendicular vein, arcuate vein of the kidney, auricular vein, axillary vein, azygos vein, azygous vein, basal vein, basilic vein, basivertebral vein, blood vessel, brachial vein, brachiocephalic vein, bronchial vein, cardinal vein, cardiovascular system, central vein of retina, central vein of suprarenal gland, central veins of liver, cephalic vein, cerebellar vein, cerebral vein, cervical vein, choroid vein, ciliary veins, circulatory system, circumflex vein, clitoral vein, colic vein, common facial vein, conjunctival veins, costoaxillary vein, cutaneous vein, cystic vein, deep cervical vein, digital vein, diploic vein, dorsal scapular vein, emissary vein, epigastric vein, esophageal veins, ethmoidal vein, external nasal vein, facial vein, femoral vein, gastric vein, gastroepiploic vein, gastroomental vein, genicular vein, gluteal vein, hemizygos vein, hemizygous vein, hemorrhoidal vein, hepatic vein, innominate vein, oesophageal veins, rectal vein, vena anastomotica, vena angularis, vena appendicularis, vena arcuata renis, vena auricularis, vena axillaris, vena azygos, vena basalis, vena basilica, vena basivertebralis, vena brachialis, vena brachiocephalica, vena bronchialis, vena centrales retinae, vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis, vena cephalica, vena cephalica accessoria, vena cerebellum, vena cerebri, vena cervicalis profunda, vena choroidea, vena circumflexa, vena clitoridis, vena colica, vena comitans, vena cutanea, vena cystica, vena digitalis, vena diploica, vena emissaria, vena ethmoidalis, vena facialis, vena femoralis, vena gastrica, vena gastroomentalis, vena genus, vena gluteus, vena hemiazygos accessoria, vena hemizygos, vena hepatica, vena nasalis externa, vena rectalis, vena scapularis dorsalis, vena vertebralis accessoria, vena vertebralis anterior, venae centrales hepatis, venae ciliares, venae conjunctivales, venae esophageae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ve"na\, n.; pl. {Ven[ae]}. [L. See {Vein}.]
A vein.
{Vena cava}; pl. {Ven[ae] cav[ae]}. [L., literally, hollow
   vein.] (Anat.) Any one of the great systemic veins
   connected directly with the heart.
{Vena contracta}. [L., literally, contracted vein.]
   (Hydraulics) The contracted portion of a liquid jet at and
   near the orifice from which it issues.
{Vena port[ae]}; pl. {Ven[AE] port[ae]}. [L., literally, vein
   of the entrance.] (Anat.) The portal vein of the liver.
   See under {Portal}.
 

 

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