saphena

How to use saphena in a sentence

• Each hour I withdrew a half-pound of blood, then I fed her and for three hours I drew half a pound of blood from the saphena.

  Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer Handerson

• The most important anastomosis is that between the femoral and saphena and internal mammary and epigastric veins.

  A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II | Various

• The saphena vein was closed for a length of about four or five inches, beyond which it was natural.

  A System of Midwifery | Edward Rigby