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Pronunciation
v�n, /veɪn/, /veIn/
audio|en-us-vein.ogg|Audio (US)

:Homophones: vain, vane
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪn|-eɪn

Noun
en-noun

1. anatomy A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillary|capillaries back to the heart.
2. (used in plural veins) The entrails of a shrimp.
3. botany In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
4. zoology The nervure of an insect�s wing.
5. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
6. A topic of discussion.

#:...and on a different vein, can we discuss...

1. A style, tendency, or quality of something.

Translations
trans-top|blood vessel
Albanian: damar
Catalan: vena f
Chinese: ��/�� (jìng mò)
Croatian: žila f
Czech: žíla f
Dutch: ader m
Erzya: ве�� �ан (ver san)
Esperanto: vejno
Estonian: veen#Estonian|veen
Finnish: laskimo
French: veine f
German: Ader f
Greek: �λέβα f
Hebrew: �ר�� (vrid) m
Hungarian: ér
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Italian: vena f
Japanese: �� (������, j�myaku)
Korean: �맥
Maltese: vina f
Old English: ædre|ǣdre f
Polish: ży�a f
Portuguese: veia f
Romanian: ven� f
Russian: вена n (vena)
Scottish Gaelic: cuisle f
Slovene: vena f
Spanish: vena f
Swedish: ven c
Telugu: సిర (sira)
Turkish: damar
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trans-top|entrails of a shrimp
Finnish: suoli
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trans-top|thickened portion of a leaf
Finnish: suoni
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trans-top|nervure of insect�s wing
Finnish: siipisuoni
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trans-top|stripe or streak in stone or other material
Finnish: juonne, suoni
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Related terms
veined
veinless
veinlet
veinlike
veinstone
veiny
venation
venous
blue-veined cheese
deep vein thrombosis
pulmonary vein
varicose vein

See also
artery
blood vessel
capillary
circulatory system
phlebitis
vena cava

Category:Anatomy

Estonian
wikipedia|lang=et

Noun
vein

1. wine

Category:Estonian nouns
Category:et:Alcoholic beverages

Finnish

Verb
vein

1. fi-form of|viedä|typeverb|prfirst-person|plsingular|moodindicative|tense=past

Icelandic

Noun
vein n

1. lament

Category:Icelandic nouns

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ja:vein
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vi:vein
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zh:vein

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