basilic vein

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noun Anatomy.

a large vein on the inner side of the arm.

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Origin of basilic vein

First recorded in 1660–70, basilic vein is from Latin vēna basilica “royal vein”

Words nearby basilic vein

Basilian, basilic, basilica, basilican, Basilicata, basilic vein, basilisk, Basilius, basil thyme, basin, basinet

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How to use basilic vein in a sentence

“There is such a vein of intelligence and deeply steeped expertise among them,” he says.
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Whenever I look for a vein of sadness in Oliona it melts away.
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In the decade following World War I, Hopper settled on a vein of imagery that has been his special glory ever since.
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So in the vein of March Madness, here are my picks for the Final Four of the 2014 GOP championship of crazy.
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In that vein, Burns and Ward stress how TR, ER, and FDR “overcame … the traumas of their childhoods” and young adult lives.
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Through it runs a vein about one vara wide, extending east and west for some distance.
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A vein of shrewd and humorous sarcasm, together with an under-current of quiet selfishness, made him a very pleasant companion. '
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The length of the fibre, moreover, cannot be determined with any absolute certainty from the thickness of the vein.
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We have likewise found a vein of plumbago, which was an object of search, on the supposition that it was coal.
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The specimen of this breccia is attached to a plate of granular quartz, and may possibly have been part of a vein.
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British Dictionary definitions for basilic vein

basilic vein

/ (bəˈzɪlɪk) /

noun

a large vein situated on the inner side of the arm

Word Origin for basilic vein

C18: from Latin basilicus kingly; see basil

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