Venous
61venous — ve·nous …
62venous — UK [ˈviːnəs] / US [ˈvɪnəs] adjective medical relating to veins …
63venous — ve•nous [[t]ˈvi nəs[/t]] adj. 1) anat. bot of or pertaining to a vein or veins 2) anat. bot having or composed of veins 3) phl pertaining to or designating the oxygen poor, dark red blood that is carried back to the heart by the veins and by the… …
64venous — /ˈvinəs / (say veenuhs) adjective 1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a vein or veins. 2. relating to the blood of the veins which has given up oxygen and become charged with carbon dioxide, and, in the higher animals, is dark red in colour.… …
65venous — a. pertaining to the veins; applied to blood carried by veins to heart, containing impurities. ♦ venostasis, n. constricting veins to check blood …
66venous — adj. of, full of, or contained in veins. Derivatives: venosity n. venously adv. Etymology: L venosus VENOSE or L vena vein + OUS …
67Chronic venous congestion — Venous congestion is the dilation of veins and capillaries due to impaired venous drainage which results in passive hyperaemia or venous congestion, commonly referred to as congestion. Congestion may be acute or chronic, the later being more… …
68venous sinus — ▪ anatomy in human anatomy, any of the channels of a branching complex sinus network that lies between layers of the dura mater, the outermost covering of the brain, and functions to collect oxygen depleted blood. Unlike veins, these… …
69venous star — noun A red nodule under the skin formed by a dilated vein due to increase in intravenous pressure …
70Venous aneurysm — A local widening and bulging (an aneurysm) of a vein. As opposed to an arterial aneurysm or a cardiac aneurysm. An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an aneurysm, there is typically a… …
