Vascular vs Vein - What's the difference?
vascular | vein |
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or containing vessels that conduct or circulate fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant.
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(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart
(used in plural veins ) The entrails of a shrimp
(botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle
(zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing
A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks
A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
* Jonathan Swift
A style, tendency, or quality.
* Francis Bacon
* Waller
A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
* Milton
* Isaac Newton
As an adjective vascular
is (anatomy) of, pertaining to, or containing vessels that conduct or circulate fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant.As a noun vein is
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English
Adjective
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Antonyms
* avascularDerived terms
* cardiovascular * vascularitySee also
* ("vascular" on Wikipedia) ----vein
English
(wikipedia vein)Noun
(en noun)- ...in the same vein ...
- He can open a vein of true and noble thinking.
- The play is in a satirical vein .
- certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins
- Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein .
- down to the veins of earth
- Let the glass of the prisms be free from veins .