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SHADEDS[v. HADED, HADING, HADES] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] A slope; (in mining) the slope of a vein, fault or dike from the vertical; the complement of the dip.
—VEINSY[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 10] To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.
—VENAEL[n. -NAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Synonym of vein.
—BLOODSY[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
—FLEAMS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.
—ICHORS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.
—PETERS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 4] Chiefly followed by out: originally (mining), of a vein of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (generally), to diminish to nothing; to dwindle, to trail off.
—VARIX—[n. VARICES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein.
—VEINS—[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of vein
—VEINY—[a. VEINIER, VEINIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Having prominent veins.
—VENAE—[n. -NAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Synonym of vein.
—VENAL—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Venous; pertaining to veins.
—AREOLAERS[n. -LAE or -LAS] · a small space in a network of leaf veins - AREOLAR AREOLATE [a.] / ----- { areola areole § areolae areolas areoles § areolar areolate }
—AREOLES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of the smallest enclosures created by the veins of a leaf.
—ARTERY—[n. -TERIES] · a vessel that carries blood away from the heart
—CICADAES[n. -DAS or -DAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
—DEVEINS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp).
—GNEISS—[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose.
—GOSSANS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Rust-coloured (weatherized and oxidized) rock or mineral deposits, forming the upper part or outcrop of a metallic vein.
—MEDIANST[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm.
—MIDRIBS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet.
—TEGULAER[n. -LAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small sclerite situated above the base of the costal vein in the wings of various insects, and attached to the anterolateral portion of the mesonotum.
—VEINAL—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Pertaining to or contained in veins, especially the veins of a leaf.
—VEINED—[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Having veins or veinlike markings.
—VEINERS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A pastry mould used to create an impression in the shape of a veined leaf.
—VENOSE—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny.
—VENOUS—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of or pertaining to veins.
—VENULES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein.
—AREOLAE—[n. -LAE or -LAS] · a small space in a network of leaf veins - AREOLAR AREOLATE [a.] / ----- { areola areole § areolae areolas areoles § areolar areolate }
—AREOLAR—[n. -LAE or -LAS] · a small space in a network of leaf veins - AREOLAR AREOLATE [a.] / ----- { areola areole § areolae areolas areoles § areolar areolate }
—AREOLAS—[n. -LAE or -LAS] · a small space in a network of leaf veins - AREOLAR AREOLATE [a.] / ----- { areola areole § areolae areolas areoles § areolar areolate }
—AREOLES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of the smallest enclosures created by the veins of a leaf.
—BONANZAS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.
—CIPOLINS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A white-green wavy-banded form of marble, used in buildings in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It consists of coloured veins of epidote and chlorite.
—CUTDOWNS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An emergency medical procedure in which the vein is exposed and a cannula is inserted into it.
—DEVEINS—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp).
—JUGULARS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Of or pertaining to the jugular vein.
—MIDRIBS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet.
ENERVATE—[a.] · having veins
—NERVINGS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] An arrangement of nerves or veins in a plant.
—NERVULES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A minor, nonsupporting vein in a leaf of a plant; a branch vein of a nervure (supporting vein) or of another nervule.
—NERVURES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A vein in the wing of an insect.
—PALMATED[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
—PRECAVAEL[n. -VAE] · a vein in higher vertebrates - PRECAVAL [a.]
—SAPHENAES[n. -NAS or -NAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A prominent vein or nerve, the saphenous vein
—SCIATICAS[n. -S] · a nerve, vein, or artery situated near the hip
—STOWING—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.
AVARICES—[n. VARICES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein.
—VEINERS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of veiner
—VEINIER—[a. VEINIER, VEINIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Having prominent veins.
—VEININGS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An arrangement of veins or veinlike markings.
—VEINLETS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small or secondary vein, especially on the wing of an insect or the leaf of a plant.
—VEINOUS—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Having prominent veins.
—VEINULEST[n. -S] · venule «a small vein» / ----- { veinlet veinule veinulet venule § veinlets veinules veinulets venules § venular venulose venulous }
—VENULAR—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein.
—VENULES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein.
—ANEURYSMS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
—AREOLATED[n. -LAE or -LAS] · a small space in a network of leaf veins - AREOLAR AREOLATE [a.] / ----- { areola areole § areolae areolas areoles § areolar areolate }
—CORONARY—[n. -NARIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.
—DEVEINED—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Having had the veins removed.
—FOOTWALLS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] The under wall of an enclosed vein.
—JUGULARS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Of or pertaining to the jugular vein.
—MAINLINEDRS[v. -LINED, -LINING, -LINES] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
—POSTCAVAELS[n. -VAS or -VAE] · a vein in higher vertebrates (=postcavas) / ----- { postcava § postcavae postcavas }
—PRECAVAE—[n. -VAE] · a vein in higher vertebrates - PRECAVAL [a.]
—PRECAVAL—[n. -VAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A precaval vein.
—PRERENAL—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Situated above the kidneys, or at the junction of the vena cava and the renal vein.
—SAPHENAE—[n. -NAS or -NAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A prominent vein or nerve, the saphenous vein
—SAPHENAS—[n. -NAS or -NAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A prominent vein or nerve, the saphenous vein
—SAPONITES[n. -S] · a mineral found in veins and cavities of rocks
—SCIATICS—[n. -S] · a nerve, vein, or artery situated near the hip
—SLICKING—[a. SLICKER°, SLICKEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A narrow vein of ore.
—UNVEINED—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Not veined; not having veins.
—VEINIEST—[a. VEINIER, VEINIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Having prominent veins.
—VEININGS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of veining
—VEINLESS—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Without veins.
—VEINLETS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small or secondary vein, especially on the wing of an insect or the leaf of a plant.
—VEINLIKE—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Resembling or characteristic of a vein.
—VEINULES—[n. -S] · venule «a small vein» / ----- { veinlet veinule veinulet venule § veinlets veinules veinulets venules § venular venulose venulous }
—VEINULETS[n. -S] · venule «a small vein» / ----- { veinlet veinule veinulet venule § veinlets veinules veinulets venules § venular venulose venulous }
—VENATIONS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The arrangement of veins in a leaf, wing, or similar structure.
—VENOGRAMS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An X-ray of a vein that has been injected with an opaque material
—VENOLOGY—[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The scientific study of veins.
—VENOUSLY—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] In terms of, or by means of, the vein.
—VENULOSE—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Full of venules (small veins).
—VENULOUS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein.
—BASSETING—[v. -SETED or -SETTED, -SETING or -SETTING, -SETS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The upward direction of a vein in a mine.
—BLOODWORTS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Any of species Rumex sanguineus (bloody dock, wood dock, bloody-veined dock).
—CANNULATEDS[v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To insert a cannula (“tube to drain or inject fluid”) into (a body part such as a cavity, organ, or vessel (especially a vein)).
—CAPILLARY—[n. -RIES] · © a tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute
—DEVEINING—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp).
—EXCURRENT—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of a vein or costa, extending beyond the tip or the margin of a leaf.
—FLUORSPARS[n. -S] · a white or colourless mineral sometimes fluorescent and often tinted by impurities, found in veins and as deposits from hot gases. It is used in the manufacture of glass, enamel, and jewellery, and is the chief ore of fluorine. Composition: calcium fluoride. Formula: CaF2. Crystal structure: cubic Also: (US and Canadian~) fluorite / ----- { fluor fluorite fluorspar § fluorites fluors fluorspars § fluoric }
—FOOTWALLS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] The under wall of an enclosed vein.
—LYMPHATICS[n. -S] · © one of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct
—MAINLINED—[v. -LINED, -LINING, -LINES] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
—MAINLINES—[v. -LINED, -LINING, -LINES] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
ENERVATIONS[n. -S] · © the arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration~ / ----- { nervation nervature § nervations nervatures }
—NONVENOUS—[a.] · (medicine) not involving, related to, or caused by veins or the venous system
—PHENAKITES[n. -S] · Derivative of phenacite «a colourless or white glassy mineral consisting of beryllium silicate in hexagonal crystalline form: occurs in veins in granite. Formula: Be2SiO4» / ----- { phenacite phenakite § phenacites phenakites }
—PHLEBITIC—[a.] · Derivative of phlebitis «inflammation of a vein»
—PHLEBITIS—[n. -TISES or -TIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs.
—POSTCAVAE—[n. -VAS or -VAE] · a vein in higher vertebrates (=postcavas) / ----- { postcava § postcavae postcavas }
—POSTCAVAS—[n. -VAS or -VAE] · a vein in higher vertebrates (=postcavas) / ----- { postcava § postcavae postcavas }
—PROUSTITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mineral, Ag₃AsS₃, often found with pyrargyrite in silver veins.
—SAPHENOUS—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Relating to, or situated near, the saphenous vein.
—SAPONITES—[n. -S] · a mineral found in veins and cavities of rocks
—SCAGLIOLAS[n. -S] · © an imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc~., and subsequently colored and polished
—SIDERITIC—[a.] · Derivative of siderite «Also called: chalybite~. a pale yellow to brownish-black mineral consisting chiefly of iron carbonate in hexagonal crystalline form. It occurs mainly in ore veins and sedimentary rocks and is an important source of iron. Formula: FeCO3»
—UROKINASES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A protease, found in the urine, which converts plasminogen to plasmin, and is used in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis.
—VARICOSES—[n. -COSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The condition of being varicose or of having varicose veins
—VARICOSIS—[n. -COSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The condition of being varicose or of having varicose veins
—VEINSTONES[n. -S] · © the nonmetalliferous~ mineral or rock material which accompanies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc~.; -- called also veinstuff~
—VEINULETS—[n. -S] · venule «a small vein» / ----- { veinlet veinule veinulet venule § veinlets veinules veinulets venules § venular venulose venulous }
—VENATIONS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The arrangement of veins in a leaf, wing, or similar structure.
—VENOGRAMS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An X-ray of a vein that has been injected with an opaque material
—WHINSTONES[n. -S] · © a provincial name given in England~ to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt
—WULFENITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoO₄, found in lead veins.
—ANASTOMOSEDS[v. -MOSED, -MOSING, -MOSES] · © to inosculate; to intercommunicate~ by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins
—BLOODSTONES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A green chalcedony that is sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite.
—BLOODWORTS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Any of species Rumex sanguineus (bloody dock, wood dock, bloody-veined dock).
—CANCELLATED[a.] Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma
—COLLATERALS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
—FLUORSPARS—[n. -S] · a white or colourless mineral sometimes fluorescent and often tinted by impurities, found in veins and as deposits from hot gases. It is used in the manufacture of glass, enamel, and jewellery, and is the chief ore of fluorine. Composition: calcium fluoride. Formula: CaF2. Crystal structure: cubic Also: (US and Canadian~) fluorite / ----- { fluor fluorite fluorspar § fluorites fluors fluorspars § fluoric }
—LYMPHATICS—[n. -S] · © one of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct
—MAINLINING—[v. -LINED, -LINING, -LINES] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
—MICROPHYLLS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A leaf having a single unbranched vein, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf.
ENERVATIONS—[n. -S] · © the arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration~ / ----- { nervation nervature § nervations nervatures }
—PHENAKITES—[n. -S] · Derivative of phenacite «a colourless or white glassy mineral consisting of beryllium silicate in hexagonal crystalline form: occurs in veins in granite. Formula: Be2SiO4» / ----- { phenacite phenakite § phenacites phenakites }
—PHLEBOGRAMS[n. -S] · © a tracing «with the sphygmograph» of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse
—PHLEBOLOGY—[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The study of veins and their diseases etc
—PHLEBOTOMY—[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
—SCAGLIOLAS—[n. -S] · © an imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc~., and subsequently colored and polished
—SUBCLAVIANS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Relating to or denoting an artery or vein which serves the neck and arm on the left or right side of the body.
—VARICOCELES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Varicose veins in the area of the scrotum.
—VEINSTONES—[n. -S] · © the nonmetalliferous~ mineral or rock material which accompanies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc~.; -- called also veinstuff~
—VENOGRAPHY—[n. -PHIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A diagnostic procedure in which an X-ray of the veins, a venogram, is taken after a special dye is injected into the bone marrow or veins.
—VENOLOGIES—[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The scientific study of veins.
—WHINSTONES—[n. -S] · © a provincial name given in England~ to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt
—ANASTOMOSED—[v. -MOSED, -MOSING, -MOSES] · © to inosculate; to intercommunicate~ by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins
—ANASTOMOSES—[v. -MOSED, -MOSING, -MOSES] · © to inosculate; to intercommunicate~ by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins
—ANASTOMOSIS—[n. -MOSES] · © the inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication~ between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins
—ANGIOGRAPHY—[n. -HIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.
—INTRAVENOUS—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inside the veins.
—PHLEBITIDES—[n. -TISES or -TIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs.
—PHLEBITISES—[n. -TISES or -TIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs.
—PHLEBOGRAMS—[n. -S] · © a tracing «with the sphygmograph» of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse
—SUBCLAVIANS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Relating to or denoting an artery or vein which serves the neck and arm on the left or right side of the body.
—VARICOCELES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Varicose veins in the area of the scrotum.
—VENESECTIONS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Cutting open or exposing a vein; a phlebotomy.
—ANASTOMOSING—[v. -MOSED, -MOSING, -MOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins.
—BLOODLETTINGS[n. -S] · © the act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp~. applied to venesection
—HAEMORRHOIDS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A pathological condition caused by painful masses of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue.
—HEMORRHOIDALS[n. -S] · Derivative of haemorrhoids «(pathology) swollen and twisted veins in the region of the anus and lower rectum, often painful and bleeding Nontechnical name: piles» / ----- { haemorrhoidal hemorrhoidal § hemorrhoidals § haemorrhoidal hemorrhoidal }
—INOSCULATIONS[n. -S] · © the junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication~; as, inosculation of veins, etc~.
—INTERLOBULAR—[a.] · © between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein
—PHLEBOGRAPHY—[n. -PHIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An X-ray examination of a system of veins that have been injected with a contrast medium.
—PHLEBOLOGIES—[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The study of veins and their diseases etc
—PHLEBOTOMIES—[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
—PHLEBOTOMIZEDS[v.] To perform a phlebotomy on (a vein): to open (a vein) to withdraw or let…
—SCLERENCHYMAS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mechanical ground tissue, impermeable to water, which consists of cells having narrow lumen and thick, mineralized walls of lignin; present in stems, vascular bundles (of monocots), seed coverings, and vein and tips of leaves.
—SKELETONIZERS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various moths whose larvae eat the parenchyma of leaves, leaving only the skeleton (the veins) behind.
—VENESECTIONS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Cutting open or exposing a vein; a phlebotomy.
—VENIPUNCTURES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The puncture of a vein, usually to draw a blood sample, collect a blood donation, or insert an intravenous line.
—VENOGRAPHIES—[n. -PHIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A diagnostic procedure in which an X-ray of the veins, a venogram, is taken after a special dye is injected into the bone marrow or veins.
—ARGENTIFEROUS—[a.] · © producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins
—ARTERIOVENOUS—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Relating to the arteries and the veins
—BLOODLETTINGS—[n. -S] · © the act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp~. applied to venesection
—HEMORRHOIDALS—[n. -S] · Derivative of haemorrhoids «(pathology) swollen and twisted veins in the region of the anus and lower rectum, often painful and bleeding Nontechnical name: piles» / ----- { haemorrhoidal hemorrhoidal § hemorrhoidals § haemorrhoidal hemorrhoidal }
—INOSCULATIONS—[n. -S] · © the junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication~; as, inosculation of veins, etc~.
—INTRAVASCULAR—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Pertaining to anything inside blood vessels, including the internal surface of veins and arteries.
—INTRAVENOUSES—† a dose of medicine administered via a hollow needle inserted into a vein [n. -ES]
—INTRAVENOUSLY—[b.] · Derivative of intravenous «(anatomy) within a vein»
—PHLEBOGRAPHIC—[a.] · (medicine) relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
—SCLEROTHERAPY—[n. SCLEROTHERAPIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A treatment for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and ulcers involving an injection of material into a blood vessel to make it harden and shrink.
—VENIPUNCTURES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The puncture of a vein, usually to draw a blood sample, collect a blood donation, or insert an intravenous line.

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