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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The quality or condition of being venous or venose.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Venose state, quality, or character.
- n. A condition in which the arterial blood is imperfectly oxygenated, and partakes of some of the characteristics of venous blood.
- n. A disturbance of equilibrium between the two circulatory systems, the veins being unduly filled at the expense of the arteries; general venous congestion.
Wiktionary
- n. The quality of being venous or venose.
- n. A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality or state of being venous.
- n. (Med.) A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is.
Examples
“Abdominal venosity (abdominal plethora), a feature of obesity, glycosuria, &c., are extremely well fitted for this form of treatment.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
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