basilic vein

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. a large vein on the inner side of the arm.

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basilic vein British  

/ bəˈzɪlɪk /

noun

1. a large vein situated on the inner side of the arm

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Etymology

Origin of basilic vein

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

Example Sentences

Four pints of saline solution were infused into the median basilic vein, and 1/30 grain strychnine sulph. was injected hypodermically.

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The basilic vein was opened, and the point of a syringe, warmed to the proper temperature, was introduced, charged with blood drawn from the same vein in the arm of one of the assistants.

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The left median basilic vein is selected, and a platino-iridium needle with a short point and a bore larger than that of the ordinary hypodermic syringe is used.

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If, therefore, the disease is in the right foot, he bleeds from the basilic vein, or some of its branches, in the right hand.

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In former times the most common situation was at the bend of the elbow, the brachial artery being accidentally punctured in blood-letting from the median basilic vein.

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