vein
21vein — noun 1 (C) one of the tubes through which blood flows to your heart from other parts of your body compare artery (1) 2 (C) 3 a) one of the thin lines on a leaf or on the wing of an insect b) one of the thin lines on a piece of wood, cheese,… …
22vein */*/ — UK [veɪn] / US noun Word forms vein : singular vein plural veins 1) a) [countable] medical one of the tubes in your body that carry blood to your heart. A tube that carries blood away from your heart is an artery. b) [countable] biology one of… …
23vein — A continuous body of mineral or mineralized rock, filling a seam or fissure in the earth s crust, within defined boundaries in the general mass of the mountain (which boundaries clearly separate it from the neighboring rock), and having a general …
24vein — I. noun Etymology: Middle English veine, from Anglo French, from Latin vena Date: 14th century 1. a. a narrow water channel in rock or earth or in ice b. (1) lode 2 (2) a bed of useful mineral matter c. lode 3 …
25vein — noun /veɪn/ a) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart ...and on a different vein, can we discuss... b) (used in plural veins) The entrails of a shrimp See Also: in the same vein, veined …
26Vein — A blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood makes it appear dark. Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system… …
27vein — Synonyms and related words: affectation, aorta, arteriole, artery, attitude, band, bar, bed, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blood vessel, blotch, body build, bonanza, brand, capillary, carotid, cast, character, characteristic, characteristics,… …
28vein — noun 1》 any of the tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from all parts of the body towards the heart. ↘(in general use) a blood vessel. 2》 (in plants) a slender rib running through a leaf, typically dividing …
29vein*/ — [veɪn] noun 1) [C] one of the tubes in your body that carry blood to your heart 2) [C] one of the tubes that carry liquids through plants or insects 3) [C] a thin layer of a metal or other substance inside the Earth 4) [singular] a supply or… …
30vein — [[t]veɪn[/t]] n. 1) anat. one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart 2) anat. (loosely) any blood vessel 3) ent one of the riblike thickenings that form the framework of the wing of …