vein

Betekenis (English)

1. A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
2. The entrails of a shrimp.
3. In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
4. 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 stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
7. A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
8. A style, tendency, or quality.
9. A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

artery

blood vessel

blood-vessel

lode

mineral vein

venous blood vessel

leaf vein

state of health

large artery

cephalic vein.

vena poplitea

of blood

fish mouthing

popiteal vein

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/veɪn/

Inherited from Middle English

veyne

In summary

From Middle English veyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder).

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