saphena
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of saphena
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin < Arabic ṣāfin
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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 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
If the small saphena system also is involved, and if communicating branches are dilated, the veins fill up from below more rapidly.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Down here, you see, the vena saphena, was completely severed.
From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Hauptmann, Gerhart
The continuity of the artery may be restored by grafting into the gap left after excision of the sac a segment of the great saphena vein.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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