venous
See also: Venouš
English
Etymology
Morphologically vein + -ous, which is a borrowing from Latin vēnōsus (“full of veins, veiny”), from vēna (“a blood vessel, vein”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of venose.
Adjective
venous (comparative more venous, superlative most venous)
- (relational) Of or pertaining to veins.
- Her venous circulation was poor, leading to varicose veins.
- (relational, of blood) Having passed through the capillaries and given up oxygen for the tissues and become charged with carbon dioxide.
- Possessing veins.
- It was a sample of venous tissue.
- Having numerous veins.
- The tree has highly serrated and venous leaves.
Derived terms
- allovenous
- arteriolovenous
- arteriovenous
- atriovenous
- cerebrovenous
- endovenous
- fibrovenous
- hepatovenous
- intervenous
- intravenous
- jugular venous pressure
- lymphaticovenous
- lymphovenous
- microvenous
- nonvenous
- paravenous
- peritoneovenous
- perivenous
- portal venous
- portovenous
- pyelovenous
- retrovenous
- sinovenous
- transvenous
- venously
- venous plexus
- venous sinus
- venous star
- venous stasis
- venovenous
Related terms
Translations
of or pertaining to veins
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References
- “venous”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “venous”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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