Definitions for venaˈvi nə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ve•na*ˈvi nə(n.)(pl.)-nae

  1. Anat.a vein.

    Category: Anatomy

* (-nē)..

Origin of vena:

1350–1400; ME < L vēnavein

Princeton's WordNet

  1. vein, vena, venous blood vessel(noun)

    a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

    "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vena(noun)

    a vein


Translations for vena

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

vein(noun)

any of the tubes that carry the blood back to the heart.

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