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Congestion :: Congestion (n.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper/mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs..

Ravin :: Ravin (a.) Ravenous.

Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

Haematogenesis :: Haematogenesis (n.) The transformation of venous arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.

Artery :: Artery (n.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries..

Covenous :: Covenous (a.) See Covinous, and Covin..

Predatory :: Predatory (a.) Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits..

Leavenous :: Leavenous (a.) Containing leaven.

Venal :: Venal (a.) Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood..

Greedy :: Greedy (superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey..

Arterialization :: Arterialization (n.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aeration and hematosis..

Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..

Venous :: Venous (a.) Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the blood..

Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire..

Vein :: Vein (n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2..

Arterialize :: Arterialize (v. t.) To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial..

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..

Venosity :: Venosity (n.) The quality or state of being venous.

Fell :: Fell (a.) Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.

Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.

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