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venous

  • /ˈviː.nəs/ UK
  • /ˈvi.nəs/ Canada, US
  • /ˈviː.nəs/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like Venus, venus · Rhymes with -iːnəs

Where it comes from

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 more venous · most venous

  1. relational Of or pertaining to veins. Her venous circulation was poor, leading to varicose veins.
  2. relational, of blood Having passed through the capillaries and given up oxygen for the tissues and become charged with carbon dioxide.
  3. Possessing veins. It was a sample of venous tissue.
  4. Having numerous veins. The tree has highly serrated and venous leaves.

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adj of or pertaining to veins

Españolvenoso
中文靜脈的 /静脉的 jìngmài de
Portuguêsvenoso
Françaisveineux
Deutschvenös
Italianovenoso
Русскийвено́зный venóznyj, ве́нный vénnyj, жи́льный žílʹnyj

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@misc{venous_2026,
  title = {venous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/venous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}