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UK
/vˈɛnəs/
]
[ US /ˈvinəs/ ]
[ US /ˈvinəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or contained in or performing the function of the veins
venous inflammation
venous circulation
venous blood as contrasted with arterial blood
How To Use venous In A Sentence
- When I looked at the chart a second time, I saw that there was a lot Michael had left out of his personal history; specifically, IVDU—intravenous drug use—dating back ten years, and a major depression that had led to a psychiatric hospitalization and ECT, electroconvulsive therapy. After the Diagnosis
- There is an experiment, which seems to evince this venous absorption, which consists in the external application of a stimulus to the lips, as of vinegar, by which they become instantly pale; that is, the bibulous mouths of the veins by this stimulus are excited to absorb the blood faster, than it can be supplied by the usual arterial exertion. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life
- When writing, she is totally absorbed in the book and on one never-to-be-forgotten occasion, her sons returned from school ravenous to find she had shoved a pair of muddy shoes in the oven for their tea! Diana Wynne Jones biography
- She was treated with intravenous folinic acid and antibiotics and was given transfusions of blood products.
- For the first month of Ricardo and Felicity's affair, they greeted one another at every stolen rendezvous with a kiss -- a lengthy, ravenous kiss, Ricardo lapping and sucking at Felicity's mouth as if she were a giant cage-mounted water bottle and he were the world's thirstiest gerbil. Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-3-2010
- They may also administer intravenous antihistamines and cortisone to reduce inflammation of your air passages and improve your breathing.
- At night, they advised us to put on our under-bungalow lights and wait for the floorshow of ravenous and strange-looking fish gobbling up plankton just beneath us.
- The same drug given intravenously prevents the postprandial increase in sigmoid segmenting pressure activity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
- The external iliac vein is the main venous trunk of the pelvic limb and its branches are the medial circumflex femoral...
- Bray was diagnosed with a brain condition called arteriovenous malformation or AVM. WN.com - Articles related to Survey: Limits Keep Teens From Bad Texting