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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The quality or condition of being venous.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Venose state, quality, or character.
  • noun A condition in which the arterial blood is imperfectly oxygenated, and partakes of some of the characteristics of venous blood.
  • noun A disturbance of equilibrium between the two circulatory systems, the veins being unduly filled at the expense of the arteries; general venous congestion.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being venous.
  • noun (Med.) A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality of being venous or venose.
  • noun A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is.

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