(relational) Having passed through the capillaries and given up oxygen for the tissues and become charged with carbon dioxide.
Possessing veins.
Having numerous veins.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈviː.nəs/
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.