vena
Americannoun
plural
venaenoun
Etymology
Origin of vena
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vēna vein
Example Sentences
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Next Parkhurst inserted tiny balloons that he inflated to reopen the threadlike stream through the narrowed vena cava.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022
Was it possible that the extra blood that was supposed to go from the legs to the brain when the man stood up didn’t get there fast enough because of the narrowed vena cava?
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022
They end with the exiting of the renal veins to join the inferior vena cava.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Blood in the inferior vena cava is deoxygenated.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Then, after several journeys from King’s pavilion to Constable’s, and vice vena, Sir Bon returned to his own hole.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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