vena

[ vee-nuh ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural ve·nae [vee, -nee].

1. a vein.

vena

/ ˈviːnə /

noun

1. See vein
   anatomy a technical word for vein

Word History and Origins

Origin of vena¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vēna vein

Word History and Origins

Origin of vena¹

C15: from Latin vēna vein

Example Sentences

Downtown darling Vena Cava showed off a structured collection, full of modern lines and alluring glimpses of skin.

From The Daily Beast

By this passage it is taken into the right auricle, along with the impure blood of the vena cava.

From Project Gutenberg

Ante et post eam purus sanguis ita acriter ex dura terra effluxit, ut ex vena incisa.

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Repairing next to Vena, he that offers oblations of water to the gods and the Pitris, obtains a car drawn by peacocks and cranes.

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It is found in Egypt, and lives in the vena port and in all its ramifications in man.

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From its metallic appearance and toughness, this bed is called vena ferrata, the iron vein.

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