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venous

/ˈviː.nəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
ve-nous
IPA
/ˈviː.nəs/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to veins.

adj

Having passed through the capillaries and given up oxygen for the tissues and become charged with carbon dioxide.

adj

Possessing veins.

adj

Having numerous veins.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more venous (comparative) most venous (superlative)

Derived Forms

allovenous arteriolovenous arteriovenous atriovenous cerebrovenous endovenous fibrovenous hepatovenous intervenous intravenous lymphaticovenous lymphovenous

Phrases

jugular venous pressure portal venous venous plexus venous sinus venous star venous stasis

Frequently Paired Words

venal

Homonyms

Venus

Rhymes With

venus genus intravenous salinas minas enos cardenas dominus malvinas lenis subgenus greenness

Questions

How do you pronounce venous?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈviː.nəs/.
What does venous mean?
Of or pertaining to veins.
Where does venous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce venous

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