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adjective
- (anatomy) of, or related to the vagus nerve
noun
- (anatomy) Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves, which extends from the brainstem down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.
adjective
- of or pertaining to valves
- valvelike
noun
- An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
- A structure resembling a vault, especially (poetic) that formed by the sky.
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1985, God said, "Let there be a through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two." " Genesis 1:6 (New Jerusalem Bible)
- An enclosed area covered with an arched roof, especially an underground room used for burial, or to store valuables, wine etc.
verb
- (context, transitive, or, intransitive) To jump or leap over (something).
noun
- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillary, 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.
...and on a different vein, can we discuss...
- A style, tendency, or quality of something.
noun
- (phonetics) a sound articulated at the soft palate
adjective
- (phonetics) articulated at the velum or soft palate
noun (pluralvenae cavae)
- (anatomy) Either of the two large veins that take oxygen depleted blood, from the upper body and from the lower body, and return it to the right atrium of the heart.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to veins.
Her circulation was poor, leading to varicose veins.
- Possessing veins.
It was a sample of tissue. adjective
- Relating to a vertebra.
- Having or made of vertebrae.
- Having a spinal column.
noun
- an animal having a backbone
adjective
- having a backbone
noun
- A vertex or zenith
- A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular
- An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
adjective
- Describing the set of directions that are perpendicular with the surface of the Earth.
- In a two dimensional cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented mathematically normal to (perpendicular) the horizontal axis.
noun (vesic, ae)
- (anatomy) A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
- The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting
(seeCites) adjective
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the urinary bladder.
(seeCites) noun
- (cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
- A small bladder-like cell or cavity.
- (anatomy) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
- (anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
- (geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to vesicles.
- Having vesicles.
noun
- the state of being villous
adjective
- being hairy, covered with soft long hair
adjective
- Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between thinking and feeling. Often described as intuition; cf. gut feeling, gut reaction.
noun (plural)
- (pluralia tantum) Those organs of the body that are essential for life.
- (context, pluralia tantum, figurative) Those parts of a system without which it cannot function.
- (context, medicine, pluralia tantum) vital signs
noun
- (pluralia tantum) Two folds of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them, producing the sound waves associated with talking and singing.
noun
- (anatomy) Muscle that is normally controlled by individual volition; skeletal muscle.
noun (pluralvomers)
- The vomer bone.
noun (pl2=vulvae)
- (anatomy) The external female sexual organs, collectively.
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