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vein
English
Alternative forms
- wayn (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English veyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin v?na (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See v?na for more. Displaced native edre, from ?dre (whence edder).
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?n, IPA(key): /ve?n/
- Homophones: vain, vane
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
vein (plural veins)
- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- (in the plural) The entrails of a shrimp.
- (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
- (zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing.
- A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
- (geology) A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
- (figuratively) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
- 1712, Jonathan Swift, A Proposal For Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue
- He […] is able to open new scenes, and discover a vein of true and noble thinking.
- 1712, Jonathan Swift, A Proposal For Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue
- (figuratively) A style, tendency, or quality.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Truth
- certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins
- 1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands
- Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Truth
- A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
- I took another Prism therefore which was free from Veins
Related terms
- in the same vein
- veined
- veinless
- veinlet
- veinlike
- veinstone
- veiny
- venation
- venous
- blue-veined cheese
- deep vein thrombosis
- pulmonary vein
- varicose vein
Translations
Verb
vein (third-person singular simple present veins, present participle veining, simple past and past participle veined)
- To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.
- 1853, Henry William Herbert, The Roman Traitor, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, Volume II, Chapter 18, p. 204,[1]
- […] as he ceased from that wild imprecation, a faint flash of lightning veined the remote horizon, and a low clap of thunder rumbled afar off, echoing among the hills […]
- 1920, Melville Davisson Post, The Sleuth of St. James’s Square, Chapter 14,[2]
- “We brought out our maps of the region and showed him the old routes and trails veining the whole of it. […] ”
- 1853, Henry William Herbert, The Roman Traitor, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, Volume II, Chapter 18, p. 204,[1]
See also
- artery
- blood vessel
- capillary
- circulatory system
- phlebitis
- vena cava
Further reading
- vein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- vein (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- vein in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vein in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vein at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Vien, Vine, nevi, vine
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Wein during the 19th century, ultimately from Latin v?num. Doublet of viin.
Noun
vein (genitive veini, partitive veini)
- wine
Declension
Derived terms
- punane vein
- valge vein
Finnish
Verb
vein
- first-person singular indicative past of viedä
Anagrams
- evin, vien
Gallo
Etymology
From Old French vin, from Latin v?num, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh?nom.
Noun
vein m (plural veins)
- wine
Icelandic
Etymology
Back-formation from veina (“to wail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vei?n/
- Rhymes: -ei?n
Noun
vein n (genitive singular veins, nominative plural vein)
- wail, lament
Declension
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French vain, from Latin v?nus (“empty”). The noun is derived from the adjective.
Adjective
vein
- vain (worthless, useless)
- vain (futile, ineffectual)
- unfounded, false, misleading
- (of a person, the heart, the mind, etc.) foolish, gullible
Alternative forms
- veine, veigne, veiin, veiine, ven, vain, vaine, wein, wain, waine
Descendants
- English: vain
- Scots: vane, vain, vaine
Noun
vein (uncountable)
- something that is worthless or futile
- idleness, triviality
Alternative forms
- weine; wan, wane (Northern); feinne (Southwestern)
Descendants
- English: vain
References
- “vein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “vein, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
vein (plural veines)
- Alternative form of veine (“vein”)
Etymology 3
Adverb
vein
- Alternative form of fain
vein From the web:
- what vein carries oxygenated blood
- what vein carries blood to the heart
- what vein drains blood from the face and scalp
- what vein drains the liver
- what vein is used to draw blood
- what vein carries deoxygenated blood
- what vein drains the brain
- what veins are in the neck
arteria
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin art?ria (“a windpipe; an artery”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???t??.i.?/
- Rhymes: -???i?
Noun
arteria (plural arteriae)
- (anatomy) Alternative form of artery.
Anagrams
- Arrieta
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin art?ria
Noun
arteria f (plural arteries)
- artery
Related terms
- arterial
Esperanto
Etymology
From arterio +? -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arte?ria/
- Hyphenation: ar?te?ri?a
- Rhymes: -ia
Adjective
arteria (accusative singular arterian, plural arteriaj, accusative plural arteriajn)
- arterial, relating to an artery
Finnish
Noun
arteria
- (medicine) Artery.
Declension
Synonyms
- valtimo
Galician
Etymology
From Latin art?ria
Noun
arteria f (plural arterias)
- artery
Related terms
- arterial
Italian
Etymology
From Latin art?ria
Noun
arteria f (plural arterie)
- (anatomy) artery, arteria
Derived terms
Anagrams
- tarerai
Latin
Alternative forms
- art?rium
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek ????????? (art?rí?, “windpipe; artery”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ar?te?.ri.a/, [är?t?e??iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar?te.ri.a/, [?r?t????i?]
Noun
art?ria f (genitive art?riae); first declension
- (anatomy) a windpipe
- (anatomy) an artery
Usage notes
- The application of this term to the arteries results from a misinterpretation of corpses, in which the blood had moved to the veins, and the air to the arteries.
Inflection
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
- art?riac?
- art?riacus (adjective)
- art?ri?sus (adjective)
- art?riotomia
Descendants
References
- arteria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arteria in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arteria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin art?ria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??te?ja/, [a??t?e.?ja]
Noun
arteria f (plural arterias)
- (anatomy) artery
Derived terms
- arterial
- arteriola
- arterioso
Further reading
- “arteria” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
arteria From the web:
- what arterial blood pressure
- what arterial hypertension
- what arterial blood gas
- how to read arterial blood pressure
- how to check arterial blood pressure
- how to get mean arterial blood pressure
- how to calculate arterial blood pressure
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