saphena
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of saphena
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin < Arabic ṣāfin
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Clinical Features.—The most typical example of this form of phlebitis is that so frequently met with in the great saphena vein, especially when it is varicose.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
When, on the contrary, the upper part of the saphena and its valves are intact, and only the more distal veins are involved, the pressure is not so high and there is comparatively little suffering.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
When the whole length of the main trunk of the great saphena is implicated, the pressure in the vein is high and the patient suffers a good deal of pain and discomfort.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The blood spavin is situated in front and to the inside of the hock and is merely a varicose or dilated condition of the saphena vein.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Accordingly she was robust, and I bled her from the basilic vein of the left hand and the saphena of the right foot, both within an hour.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer
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