veno-

1. a combining form with the meaning “vein,” used in the formation of compound words:

   venostasis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of veno-¹

< Latin vēn ( a ) vein + -o-

Example Sentences

Precisely the same arrangement of veno-pericardial muscles and of longitudinal venous collecting sinuses occurs in the scorpions.

From Project Gutenberg

There are seven pairs of these veno-pericardiac vertical muscles in Scorpio, and eight in Limulus (see figs. 30, 31, 32).

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The veno-pericardiac muscles of Scorpio were seen and figured by Newport but not described by him.

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