vein

  • 41vein — gysla statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Mineralų pripildytas Žemės plutos plyšys. atitikmenys: angl. vein rus. жила …

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  • 42vein — [13] Vein comes via Old French veine from Latin vēna ‘blood vessel’, a word of uncertain origin. Acquired directly from Latin were the derivatives venose [17] and venous [17] …

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  • 43vein´like´ — vein «vayn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) one of the blood vessels or tubes that carry the blood to the heart from all parts of the body. b) any blood vessel. 2. the rib of a leaf; one of the strands or bundles of vascular tissue forming the principal… …

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  • 44Vein (disambiguation) — Vein may refer to: *vein, a blood vessel which carries blood toward the heart *vein, a supporting structure in insect wings *vein (geology), a finite volume within a rock, having a distinct shape, filled with crystals of one or more minerals… …

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  • 45Vein (character) — Vein is a character from Darren Shans Demonata series of books. She is a demon with the body of a large black dog, the head of a crocodile (with yellow eyes) and in place of paws it has the hands of a woman. She is partnered with her brother… …

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  • 46Vein stripping — is a surgical procedure done under general anaesthetic to remove varicose veins. The surgery involves making one or more incisions upon the desired area (usually the groin or leg) followed by insertion of a special wire into the vein. The wire is …

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  • 47Vein quartz — Quartz occurring as gangue in a vein. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 48Vein graft disease — is a generic reference to the pregressive degradation and build up atheroma and clots within the ever thickening wall of veins which are used as arteries during surgical bypass operations. Often, over days to less than a decade, the sections of… …

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  • 49vein|let — «VAYN liht», noun. 1. a small vein; venule. 2. Botany. a branch or subdivision of a vein or venule: »The veins divide and subdivide, making a network, and are so distributed that no part of the mesophyll is far removed from one or more veinlets… …

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  • 50vein|ule — «VAY nyool», noun. a small vein; venule. ╂[< French veinule, venule, learned borrowing from Latin vēnula (diminutive) < vēna vein. See etym. of doublet venule. (Cf. ↑venule)] …

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