saphena
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of saphena
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin < Arabic ṣāfin
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The saphena vein can generally be recognised, and is almost always safe out of the way of this incision at its inner side.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
When the whole length of the main trunk of the great saphena is implicated, the pressure in the vein is high and the patient suffers a good deal of pain and discomfort.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Accordingly she was robust, and I bled her from the basilic vein of the left hand and the saphena of the right foot, both within an hour.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer
When, on the contrary, the upper part of the saphena and its valves are intact, and only the more distal veins are involved, the pressure is not so high and there is comparatively little suffering.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The operation of Trendelenburg is especially appropriate to cases in which the trunk of the great saphena vein in the thigh is alone involved.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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