vena
Americannoun
plural
venaenoun
Etymology
Origin of vena
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vēna vein
Example Sentences
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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
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
They end with the exiting of the renal veins to join the superior 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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