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venous
[vee-nuhs]
adjective
of, relating to, or of the nature of a vein.
having, characterized by, or composed of veins.
pertaining to the blood in the pulmonary artery, right side of the heart, and most veins, that has become deoxygenated and charged with carbon dioxide during its passage through the body and that in humans is normally dark red.
venous
/ ˈːə /
adjective
physiol of or relating to the blood circulating in the veins
of or relating to the veins
Other Word Forms
- venously adverb
- venousness noun
- nonvenous adjective
- nonvenously adverb
- nonvenousness noun
- postvenous adjective
- ˈԴdzܲ adverb
- ˈԴdzܲԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of venous1
Example Sentences
The action star said that she had been unaware of the prevalence among pregnant women of cerebral venous thrombosis, or CVT, which is the development of a blood clot in the brain.
He died 10 days later of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
Most such experiments measure static venous blood concentration, which provides little information about glucose and lactate kinetics.
Historically, silver has been known to help the healing process for venous leg ulcers and heal wounds.
She concluded that Mrs Hewitt had died from cerebral venous sinus thrombosis which was contributed to by neglect.
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