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Definition: Vena |
VenaNoun1. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; all veins except the pulmonary carry unaerated blood. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Vena" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an elf friend". |
Date "vena" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Etymology: Vena \Ve"na\, noun; plural Ven[ae]. [Latin expression See Vein.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | A vessel conducting blood from the capillary bed to the heart. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: VenaSynonym: vein (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Conduit | Noun: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; arroyo; adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate, runner; lock-weir, tedge; vena; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina; pipe. (tube); funnel; tunnel. (passage); water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage, ajutage; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Vena |
| English words defined with "vena": vena azygos, vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis, vena hepatica, vena ovarica, vena renalis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "vena": Brachiocephalic Veins ♦ Peritoneovenous Shunt, Portacaval Shunt, Surgical ♦ Renal Veins ♦ Scimitar Syndrome, sinus node, Superior Vena Cava Syndrome ♦ Vena Cava Filters, Vena Cava, Inferior, Vena Cava, Superior. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "vena": Avenious ♦ Extravenate ♦ Venesection, Venous, Venule. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Vena" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (inspiration, jugular, lode, mood, seam, streak, Stringer, vein), Latin (a blood vessel, artery, Azygos Vein, blood-vessel, cavity, exposed for sale, Femoral Vein, fissure, Iliac Vein, leaf vein, pore, pulse, put up, Retinal Vein, Saphenous Vein, sold, Splenic Vein, talent, that which is for sale, vein, vein /stream /vein of ore /streak, vein of ore), Serbo-Croatian (lode, vein), Spanish (grain, streak, vein, vena). |
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Movie/TV Titles | La Vena d'oro (1930) | |
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| "Vena" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "Vena" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.33% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "vena" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Vena | First name Female | 2,000 | 2,436 |
| Vena | Last name | 400 | 20,459 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Vena" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an elf friend". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Vena." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Vena | Female | N/A | Alvena |
| Alvena | Female | English | Alvin |
| Alvin | Male | English | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "vena": inferior vena cava ♦ superior vena cava ♦ Superior Vena Cava Syndrome ♦ vena anastomotica ♦ vena angularis ♦ vena appendicularis ♦ vena arcuata renis ♦ vena auricularis ♦ vena axillaris ♦ vena azygos ♦ vena basalis ♦ vena basilica ♦ vena basivertebralis ♦ vena brachialis ♦ vena brachiocephalica ♦ vena bronchialis ♦ vena bulbi penis ♦ vena bulbi vestibuli ♦ vena canaliculi cochleae ♦ vena cava ♦ Vena Cava Filters ♦ vena centrales retinae ♦ vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis ♦ vena cephalica ♦ vena cephalica accessoria ♦ vena cerebellum ♦ vena cerebri ♦ vena cerebri anterior ♦ vena cerebri magna ♦ vena cerebri media ♦ vena cerebrum internus ♦ vena cerebrum superior ♦ vena cervicalis profunda ♦ vena choroidea ♦ vena circumflexa ♦ vena circumflexa ilium ♦ vena circumflexus femoris ♦ vena clitoridis ♦ vena colica ♦ vena comitans ♦ vena contracta ♦ vena cutanea ♦ vena cystica ♦ vena digitalis ♦ vena diploica ♦ vena dorsalis clitoridis profunda ♦ vena emissaria ♦ vena epigastrica inferior ♦ vena epigastrica superficialis ♦ vena ethmoidalis ♦ vena facialis ♦ vena facialis anterior ♦ vena femoralis ♦ vena gastrica ♦ vena gastrica sinistra ♦ vena gastroomentalis ♦ vena genus ♦ vena gluteus ♦ vena hemiazygos accessoria ♦ vena hemizygos ♦ vena hepatica ♦ vena ileocolica ♦ vena iliaca ♦ vena iliolumbalis ♦ vena intercapitalis ♦ vena intercostalis ♦ vena intervertebralis ♦ vena jugularis ♦ vena labialis ♦ vena labialis inferior ♦ vena labialis superior ♦ vena lacrimalis ♦ vena laryngea ♦ vena lienalis ♦ vena lingualis ♦ vena lumbalis ♦ vena maxillaris ♦ vena mesenterica ♦ vena metacarpus ♦ vena metatarsus ♦ vena musculophrenica ♦ vena nasalis externa ♦ vena nasofrontalis ♦ vena obliqua atrii sinistri ♦ vena obturatoria ♦ vena occipitalis ♦ vena ophthalmica ♦ vena ovarica ♦ vena palatina ♦ vena paraumbilicalis ♦ vena pectoralis ♦ vena perforantis ♦ vena pericardiaca ♦ vena peroneus ♦ vena pharyngeus ♦ vena phrenica ♦ vena poplitea ♦ vena portae ♦ vena posterior ventriculi sinistri ♦ vena profunda penis ♦ vena pulmanalis inferior. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vena cava | 34 |
vena cava filter | 21 |
vena jones cox | 13 |
vena | 9 |
malik vena | 6 |
central de de retina trombosis vena | 6 |
porta vena | 5 |
cava syndrome vena | 5 |
cateterización de la vena | 5 |
contracta vena | 4 |
cava obstruction superior vena | 4 |
caval filter vena | 4 |
acigos vena | 3 |
cava filter greenfield vena | 3 |
aorta vena | 2 |
jon vena | 2 |
cava picture superior syndrome vena | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vena"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vene (blood vessel, vein), blod氓re (vein). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vena salvatella (vena salvatella), salvatella (vena salvatella), radices viscerales venae cavae inferioris (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), radices parietales venae inferiores (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava), plica venae cavae (ligament of left vena cava), plaats met maximale insnoering (vena contracta), foramen venae cavae (vena-caval opening of diaphragm), foramen quadrilaterum (vena-caval opening of diaphragm), foramen quadratum (vena-caval opening of diaphragm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | supistunut poikkileikkaus (vena contracta), kuristunut poikkileikkaus (vena contracta). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | veine (blood vessel, vein). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vene (blood vessel, vein), Vena (vein), Blutader (blood vessel, vein). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | 魏伪胃蔚蟿萎蟻 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 魏慰委位畏 蠁位苇尾伪 (vena cava catheter), 蟽蠉谓未蟻慰渭慰 蟽蠀渭蟺委蔚蟽畏蟼 蟿畏蟼 魏维蟿蠅 魏慰委位畏蟼 蠁位苇尾伪蟼 (vena cava compression syndrome), 蟽蟺位伪蠂谓喂魏慰委 魏位维未慰喂 蟿畏蟼 魏维蟿蠅 魏慰委位畏蟼 蠁位苇尾伪蟼 (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), 蟽蠀谓蔚蟽蟿伪位渭苇谓畏 未喂伪蟿慰渭萎 (vena contracta), 渭蔚蟿维蟽蟿伪蟽喂蟼 渭苇蟽蠅 蟿畏蟼 魏慰委位畏蟼 蠁位苇尾伪蟼 (vena cava type), 蟺蟿蠀蠂萎 蟿畏蟼 伪蟻喂蟽蟿蔚蟻维蟼 维谓蠅 魏慰委位畏蟼 蠁位蔚尾蠈蟼 (ligament of left vena cava), 蠂蠋谓慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 魏慰委位畏蟼 蠁位苇尾伪蟼 (vena cava infundibulum), 蟿蟻委纬蠅谓慰谓 蟿畏蟼 魏维蟿蠅 魏慰委位畏蟼 蠁位苇尾伪蟼 (vena cava triangle), 蟿慰喂蠂喂魏慰委 魏位维未慰喂 蟿畏蟼 魏维蟿蠅 魏慰委位畏蟼 蠁位苇尾伪蟼 (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | 茅r (artery, brook, brooklet, course, rill, stream, streamlet, string, that's all lath and plaster, to come in from the cold, to come to a head, to gather to a head, to hit, vein). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vena (blood vessel, inspiration, jugular, lode, mood, seam, streak, Stringer, vein). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 澶ч潤鑴 (vena cava). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | 銇 銇勩仒銈囥亞銇裤們銇 (vena cava). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enavay veia (fine cord, string, thread, vein). (various references) 胁械薪邪 (vein, vienna). (various references) vena (fine cord, grain, streak, string, thread, vein, veins, vent). (various references) kontraktionstv盲rsnitt (vena contracta), h氓lven (vena cava). (various references) 胁械薪邪 (vein). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 10, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Phgh zwhV en ceiri dikaiou stoma de asebouV kaluyei apwleia |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Vena vitae os iusti et os impiorum operiet iniquitatem |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | 脼忙ra rihtwisena mu冒 is ealdorwiella,ac firen gestille冒 镁忙s yflan mu冒. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The veyne of lif the mouth of the riytwis; the mouth forsothe of vnpitous men couereth wickidnesse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 10, Verse 11 |
| Bulgarian | 校褋褌邪褌邪 薪邪 锌褉邪胁械写薪懈褟 褋邪 懈蟹胁芯褉 薪邪 卸懈胁芯褌, 袗 褍褋褌邪褌邪 薪邪 薪械褔械褋褌懈胁懈褌械 锌芯泻褉懈胁邪褌 薪邪褋懈谢懈械. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang baba sa matarung maoy usa ka tuburan sa kinabuhi; Apan ang pagpanlupig nagatabon sa baba sa dautan. |
| Chinese | 缇 浜 鐨 鍙 鏄 " 鍛 鐨 娉 婧 锛 寮 鏆 ' " 鎯 浜 鐨 鍙 銆 |
| Croatian | Pravednikova su usta izvor 啪ivota, a opakomu usta kriju nasilje. |
| Danish | Den retf忙rdiges mund er en livsens kilde, p氓 uret gemmer gudl酶ses mund. |
| Dutch | De mond des rechtvaardigen is een springader des levens; maar het geweld bedekt den mond der goddelozen. |
| Finnish | Vanhurskaan suu on el盲m盲n l盲hde, mutta jumalattomien suu k盲tkee v盲kivaltaa. |
| French | La bouche du juste est une source de vie, Mais la violence couvre la bouche des m茅chants. |
| German | Des Gerechten Mund ist ein Brunnen des Lebens; aber den Mund der Gottlosen wird ihr Frevel 眉berfallen. |
| Haitian Creole | 露 Paw貌l ki soti nan bouch moun k'ap mache dwat yo bay lavi. Men, paw貌l yon moun mechan p'ap janm kite ou w猫 jan l' mechan. |
| Hungarian | 脡letnek k煤tfeje az igaznak sz谩ja; az istenteleneknek sz谩ja pedig er玫szakt茅telt fedez el. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tutur kata orang baik membuat hidup bahagia, tetapi di balik kata-kata orang jahat tersembunyi hati yang keji. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa mulut orang yang benar itu mata air yang hidup, tetapi pergaduhan adalah menudungi mulut orang jahat. |
| Italian | Fonte di vita 猫 la bocca del giusto, la bocca degli empi nasconde violenza. |
| Korean | 氙 鞗 鞚 雼 韴 鞚 鞚 鞙 旒 霃 靷 霝 鞚 氇 " 項 氍 鞚 臧 毽 鞖 電 雼 霛 |
| Maori | 露 He puna ora te mangai o te tangata tika; tena ko te mangai o te hunga kino, ka taupokina tera e te mahi nanakia. |
| Norwegian | Den rettferdiges munn er en livsens kilde, men de ugudeliges munn skal deres vold skjule. |
| Portuguese | A boca do justo 茅 manancial de vida, por茅m a boca dos 铆mpios esconde a viol锚ncia. |
| Rumanian | Gura celui neprihqnit este un izvor de viayq, dar gura celor rqi ascunde sklnicie. - |
| Russian | 褏校肖袘 孝袘效袝"袨袡袥袘--袡校肖袩挟袨袡袥 笑袡歇袨袡, 啸校肖袘 笑袝 '袝歇歇袘袥袩袨袨些袠 歇袘袟孝袘"袡肖 袨袘校袡袦袡袝. |
| Spanish | Fuente de vida es la boca del justo, pero la boca de los imp铆os encubre la violencia. |
| Swedish | Den r盲ttf盲rdiges mun 盲r en livets k盲lla, men de ogudaktigas mun g枚mmer p氓 or盲tt. >Ps. 37,30. |
| Thai | 喔涏覆喔佮競喔竾喔勦笝喔娻腑喔氞笜喔｀福喔∴箑喔涏箛喔權笟喙堗腑喔權箟喔赤箒喔箞喔囙笂喔掂抚喔脆笗 喙佮笗喙堗竸喔о覆喔∴笚喔侧福喔膏"喔椸箞喔о浮喔涏覆喔佮竸喔權笂喔编箞喔о福喙夃覆喔 |
| Ukrainian | 露 校褋褌邪 锌褉邪胁械写薪芯谐芯 褌芯 写卸械褉械谢芯 卸懈褌褌褟, 邪 褍褋褌邪 斜械蟹斜芯卸薪懈屑 锌褉懈泻褉懈" 薪邪褋懈谢褜褋褌胁芯. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vena": venae, venal, venalities, venality, venally, venatic, venation, venations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "vena": novena. (additional references) | |
Words containing "vena": covenant, covenantal, covenanted, covenantee, covenantees, covenanter, covenanters, covenanting, covenantor, covenantors, covenants, juvenal, juvenals, novenae, novenas, provenance, provenances, rejuvenate, rejuvenated, rejuvenates, rejuvenating, rejuvenation, rejuvenations, rejuvenator, rejuvenators, revenant, revenants, uncovenanted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vena" (pronounced vē"nu) |
| 4 | v ē" n u | Vina. |
| 3 | -ē" n u | arena, ballerina, cantina, catena, concertina, Farina, galena, hyena, Marina, Mina, patina, Pina, Regina, Salina, subpoena, verbena. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nave, vane. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-n-v" | |
-1 letter: ane, ave, nae, van. | |
-2 letters: ae, an, en, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-n-v" | |
+1 letter: avens, daven, ganev, haven, knave, maven, naevi, naive, navel, naves, novae, raven, vaned, vanes, veena, vegan, venae, venal. | |
+2 letters: advent, alevin, alvine, avenge, avenue, carven, cavern, craven, davens, ganevs, geneva, graven, havens, heaven, invade, knaves, leaven, levant, mavens, naevus, naiver, naives, native, navels, navies, novena, pavane, ravens, ravine, savine, shaven, tavern, vahine, vainer, valine, vanmen, vanned, vanner, veenas, vegans, veinal, venial, vernal, vineal. | |
+3 letters: advance, advents, alevins, anviled, avellan, avenged, avenger, avenges, avenses, avenues, caveman, cavemen, caverns, centavo, concave, cravens, davened, deaving, deviant, dogvane, enclave, engrave, enslave, evading, evangel, evanish, evasion, flavine, flavone, genevas, havened, heavens, heaving, invaded, invader, invades, inweave, javelin, juvenal, klavern, knavery, leavens, leaving, levants, naevoid, naively, naivest, naivete, naivety, natives, navette, navvies, nervate, nouveau, novella, novenae, novenas, overman, overran, parvenu, pavanes, ravelin, ravened, ravener, ravined, ravines, reaving, savines, servant, taverna, taverns, unpaved, unravel, unsaved, unweave, vaccine, vaginae, vahines, vainest, valance, valence, valency, valines, vandyke, vanners, vantage, varment, vaunted, vaunter, vauntie, vawntie, vealing, velamen, venally, venatic, vendace, ventage, ventail, ventral, venular, veranda, verbena, verdant, vermian, versant, vervain, veteran, vinasse, vinegar, vintage, volante, weaving. | |
+4 letters: advanced, advancer, advances, agentive, antevert, anvilled, avellane, avengers, avenging, aventail, averment, averring, aversion, averting, avianize, avidness, behaving, bevatron, bivalent, canvased, canvaser, canvases, cavatine, caverned, centavos, cleaving, conative, concaved, concaves, conclave, conferva, covalent, covenant, cravened, cravenly, czarevna, davening, deviance, deviancy, deviants, divalent, dogvanes, donative, enactive, enclaves, endeavor, enervate, engraved, engraver, engraves, enravish, enslaved, enslaver, enslaves, enviable, enviably, envisage, evacuant, evanesce, evangels, evasions, evenfall, eventual, everyman, flavines, flavones, gaveling, gingivae, gravamen, grievant, handover, hangover, havening, havering, heavenly, inactive, innovate, interval, invaders, invasive, inviable, invocate, inweaved, inweaves, javelina, javelins, juvenals, klaverns, lavender, leavened, leavings, levanted, levanter, maneuver, mangrove, naivetes, natively, navettes, navicert, navigate, negative, novalike, novellas, novercal, ovalness, ovenware, overhand, overhang, overlain, overland, overmans, overmany, overnear, overneat, overplan, overrank, paravane, parvenue, parvenus, pavement, pavonine, raveling, ravelins, raveners, ravening, ravenous, reinvade, relevant, renovate, repaving, reshaven, revanche, revenant, revenual, sanative, scavenge, servants, sheaving, sleaving, spavined, tavernas, taverner, tsarevna, tzarevna, unavowed, unevaded, unhalved, univalve, unravels, unshaved, unshaven, unvalued, unvaried, unviable, unweaves, vaccinee, vaccines, vaginate, vainness, valanced, valances, valences, valencia, valerian, valeting, valiance, vanadate, vandyked, vandykes, vanished, vanisher, vanishes, vanitied, vanities, vantages, variance, varments, vastness, vaunters, veganism, vegetant, velamina, venality, venation, vendable, vendaces, vendetta, venenate, venerate, venereal, venetian, venially, venogram, ventages, ventails, ventrals, verandah, verandas, veratrin, verbenas, verdancy, vernacle, vernally, veronica, versants, verseman, vervains, vesicant, vesuvian, veterans, vexation, vibrance, vicenary, vicinage, vinasses, vinegars, vinegary, vineyard, vinifera, vintager, vintages, vitamine, voidance, volplane, waveband, wavering, waviness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 6E 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . -. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01101110 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e n a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 006E 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56718067 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Names: Derived from 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Bible Trace 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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