veni-

1. variant of veno- before a vowel.

   venipuncture.

Example Sentences

I asked Veni about the incident with Goodman’s family.

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Veni warns: “Remember that most sinkholes are cover-collapse sinkholes, and next week’s rain may start to produce a cavity in a year or two where today there is no evidence that a sinkhole will occur there.”

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“There is no national plan for sinkholes,” says George Veni, a hydrogeologist who spent 16 years as the executive director of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute.

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Sinkholes, Veni explains, “are dispersed over time and throughout the country.”

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The older the mine, the greater the chance of collapse, according to Veni.

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When To Use

What does veni- mean?

Veni- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “vein.” A vein, in contrast to an artery, is one of the systems of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.Veni- is occasionally used in medical terms, especially in anatomy and pathology.Veni- comes from the Latin vēna, meaning “blood vessel, vein.” The Latin word vēna is also ultimately the source of such vein-based words as venous. Veni- is a variant of veno-.Want to know more? Read our Words That Use veno- article. Also see our Words That Use ven- and Words That Use vene- for even more forms.