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vena

American  
[vee-nuh] / ˈvi nə /

noun

Anatomy.
venae plural
  1. a vein.


vena British  
/ ˈviːnə /

noun

  1. anatomy a technical word for vein

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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noun

Etymology

Origin of vena

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vēna vein

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“Todavía las tengo, pero ya tengo 61. Siempre tuve mucha inseguridad, entonces fue muy lindo descubrir mi vena cómica”.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Seven years earlier, the man had a CT scan that showed an almost total blockage of his vena cava.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Blood in the inferior vena cava is deoxygenated.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The lymph fluid passes through lymph nodes before it returns to the heart via the vena cava.

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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