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venous means: of or contained in or performing the function of the veins

Word entry · 6 letters

venous

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈviː.nəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted enosuvStarts with VEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word

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Definitions

of or contained in or performing the function of the veins

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

“Her venous circulation was poor, leading to varicose veins.”
“It was a sample of venous tissue.”
“The tree has highly serrated and venous leaves.”

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Rhymes

nous 4 letters sous 4 letters yous 4 letters pious 5 letters thous 5 letters aurous 6 letters bayous 6 letters cerous 6 letters

Longer words

ravenous 8 letters venously 8 letters endovenous 10 letters ravenously 10 letters intravenous 11 letters ravenousness 12 letters arteriovenous 13 letters intravenouses 13 letters

Length	6 letters
First	V
Last	S
Sorted	enosuv
Clues	0