saphena
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of saphena
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin < Arabic ṣāfin
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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
The saphena vein can generally be recognised, and is almost always safe out of the way of this incision at its inner side.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
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
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.
Morbid Anatomy.—In the lower extremity the varicosity most commonly affects the vessels of the great saphena system; less frequently those of the small saphena system.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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