veinous

English

vein +‎ -ous

veinous (comparative more veinous, superlative most veinous)

Having veins.
- 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 26, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
  The excellent old gentleman's nails are long and leaden, and his hands lean and veinous.
From, or related to veins.
- 2004, Henry Heymering, American Farriers' Journal‎, volume 30:
  Farriers should have an awareness of blood flow and veinous arterial and capillary blood flow in the foot and how this flow changes under load and when it's unloaded.
I do a veinous draw once a month at the doctor's lab.

having veins

from, or related to veins

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