venous

See also: véna and Venouš

English

Etymology

Variant of venose, borrowed from Latin venosus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviː.nəs/
• Rhymes: -iːnəs
• Homophones: venus, Venus

Adjective

venous (comparative more venous, superlative most venous)

1. Of or pertaining to veins.

   Her venous circulation was poor, leading to varicose veins.

2. Possessing veins.

   It was a sample of venous tissue.

3. Having numerous veins.

   The tree has highly serrated and venous leaves.

Derived terms

• arteriovenous
• atriovenous
• Batson venous plexus
• endovenous
• intervenous
• intravenous
• jugular venous pressure
• nonvenous
• perivenous
• portovenous
• retrovenous
• transvenous
• venously
• venous star
• venovenous

 

Related terms

• venal

Translations

of or pertaining to veins

• Belarusian: вяно́зны (vjanózny)
• Catalan: venós
• Czech: žilní (cs)
• Danish: venøs
• Esperanto: vejna
• French: veineux (fr)
• Georgian: ვენური (venuri)
• German: venös (de)
• Ido: veinala (io), veinoza (io)
• Italian: venoso (it)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: venøs

  Nynorsk: venøs

• Polish: żylny
• Portuguese: venoso
• Russian: вено́зный (ru) (venóznyj), ве́нный (ru) (vénnyj), жи́льный (ru) (žílʹnyj) (dated)
• Spanish: venoso (es)
• Swedish: venös (sv)
• Ukrainian: вено́зний (venóznyj)