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vein

152 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. vein (noun)
  2. vein of Galen (noun)
  3. accessory hemiazygos vein (noun)
  4. alveolar vein
  5. angular vein (noun)
  6. anterior facial vein (noun)
  7. anterior jugular vein (noun)
  8. anterior tibial vein (noun)
  9. arcuate vein (noun)
  10. ascending lumbar vein (noun)
  11. auricular vein
  12. axillary vein (noun)
  13. azygos vein (noun)
  14. basilic vein (noun)
  15. brachial vein (noun)
  16. brachiocephalic vein (noun)
  17. bronchial vein (noun)
  18. cardiac vein (noun)
  19. cardinal vein (noun)
  20. central retinal vein (noun)
  21. central vein (noun)
  22. central vein of the retina (noun)
  23. cephalic vein (noun)
  24. cerebral vein (noun)
  25. common cardinal vein (noun)
  26. common iliac vein (noun)
  27. coronary vein (noun)
  28. Cuvierian vein (noun)
  29. deep cervical vein (noun)
  30. deep facial vein (noun)

vein

noun \ˈvān\

Definition of VEIN

: any of the tubular branching vessels that carry blood from the capillaries toward the heart and have thinner walls than the arteries and often valves at intervals to prevent reflux of the blood which flows in a steady stream and is in most cases dark-colored due to the presence of reduced hemoglobin

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