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Dropper :: Dropper (n.) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A vein or dike crossing a lode.

Splenical :: Splenic (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein..

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

Pampiniform :: Pampiniform (a.) In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.

Seam :: Seam (n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal..

Coronary :: Coronary (a.) Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart..

Cancer :: Cancer (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework..

Cancellate :: Cancellate (v. t.) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike..

Neuroptera :: Neuroptera (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera..

Ribbing :: Ribbing (n.) An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like..

Labial :: Labial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins..

Fault :: Fault (n.) A dislocation of the strata of the vein.

Stagnate :: Stagnate (v. t.) To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room..

Coal :: Coal (n.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter..

Phlebology :: Phlebology (n.) A branch of anatomy which treats of the veins.

Ichor :: Ichor (n.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.

Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks..

Bleed :: Bleed (v. t.) To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein..

Lymphatic :: Lymphatic (n.) One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct..

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