Definition of vein

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Vein (n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.

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Scarify :: Scarify (v. t.) To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein..
Labial :: Labial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins..
Suprahyoid :: Suprahepatic (a.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins..
Veiny :: Veiny (a.) Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble..
Fret :: Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins..
Flucan :: Flucan (n.) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it..
Stem :: Stem (v. t.) To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves..
Lymph :: Lymph (n.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart..
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve..
Blood Vessel :: Blood vessel () Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein..
Rectinerved :: Rectinerved (a.) Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.
Interlobular :: Interlobular (a.) Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein..
Vertebrarterial :: Vertebrarterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vertebrae and an artery; -- said of the foramina in the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae and of the canal which they form for the vertebral artery and vein.
Saponite :: Saponite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock..
Costeaning :: Costeaning (n.) The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits..
Omphalomesenteric :: Omphalomesenteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery; omphalomesaraic; as, the omphalomesenteric arteries and veins of a fetus..
Bleed :: Bleed (v. t.) To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein..
Venous :: Venous (a.) Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the blood..
Intravenous :: Intravenous (a.) Within the veins.
Stocky :: Stockwork (n.) A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped. This kind of deposit is especially common with tin ore. Such deposits are worked in floors or stories.
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