The sternocleidomastoid is used as a landmark for insertion of a central venous catheter.
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Venous
//ˈviː.nəs//
Synonyms for "venous" (4 found)
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Related terms
1 entriesderived
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 23 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- вяно́зны adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Bulgarian
1 entries- венозен adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Catalan
1 entries- venós adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 靜脈的 /静脉的 adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Czech
1 entries- žilní adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Danish
1 entries- venøs adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Esperanto
1 entries- vejna adj (of or pertaining to veins)
French
1 entries- veineux adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Galician
1 entries- venoso adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Georgian
1 entries- ვენური adj (of or pertaining to veins)
German
1 entries- venös adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyűjtőeres adj (of or pertaining to veins)
- vénás adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Ido
2 entries- veinala adj (of or pertaining to veins)
- veinoza adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Italian
1 entries- venoso adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Latin
1 entries- vēnōsus adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- venøs adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- venøs adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Polish
1 entries- żylny adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Portuguese
1 entries- venoso adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Russian
3 entries- ве́нный adj (of or pertaining to veins)
- вено́зный adj (of or pertaining to veins)
- жи́льный adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Spanish
1 entries- venoso adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Swedish
1 entries- venös adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Ukrainian
1 entries- вено́зний adj (of or pertaining to veins)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Her venous circulation was poor, leading to varicose veins.
Source: wiktionary
It was a sample of venous tissue.
Source: wiktionary
The tree has highly serrated and venous leaves.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.