vena
Americannoun
plural
venaenoun
Etymology
Origin of vena
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vēna vein
Example Sentences
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Parkhurst put a tiny tube through an incision into the patient’s jugular vein in his neck and slowly advanced it down past the heart into the vena cava where the filter was located.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022
Parkhurst used a tiny gripping tool to grasp the hook and pull the filter up through the vena cava and out through the small incision in the patient’s neck.
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
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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