Vein

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Related terms 1.3 See also 2 Estonian 2.1 Noun 3 Icelandic 3.1 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• vān, /veɪn/, /veIn/

  Homophones: vain, vane

Noun

Vein (plural Veins)

1. ((anatomy{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
2. (used in plural veins) The entrails of a shrimp.
3. (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
4. (zoology) The nervure of an insect's wing.
5. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
6. A topic of discussion.

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Translations

blood vessel

Albanian: damar Catalan: vena f Chinese: 靜脈/静脉 (jìng mò) Croatian: žila f Dutch: ader m. Esperanto: vejno Estonian: veen (1) Finnish: laskimo (1) French: veine f. German: Ader f. Greek: φλέβα f. Hungarian: ér Italian: vena f.

Japanese: 静脈 Korean: 정맥 Old English: ǣdre f Portuguese: veia f. Romanian: venă f. Russian: вена n. (vena) Spanish: vena f. Swedish: ven u Telugu: సిర (sira) Turkish: damar

Related terms

• veined
• veinless
• veinlet
• veinlike
• veinstone
• veiny
• venation
• venous
• blue-veined cheese
• deep vein thrombosis
• pulmonary vein
• varicose vein

See also

• artery
• blood vessel
• capillary
• phlebitis
• vena cava

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Estonian

Noun

vein

1. wine

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Icelandic

Noun

vein

1. lamentfr:vein

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