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abbreviation
- versus
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| vagal |
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adjective - (anatomy) of, or related to the vagus nerve
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| vagus nerve |
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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.
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| valvular |
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adjective
- of or pertaining to valves
- valvelike
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| vault |
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noun
- An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
- A structure resembling a vault, especially (poetic) that formed by the sky.
- 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).
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| vein |
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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.
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| velar |
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noun
- (phonetics) a sound articulated at the soft palate
adjective
- (phonetics) articulated at the velum or soft palate
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| vena cava |
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noun (plural venae 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.
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| venous |
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to veins.
- Her circulation was poor, leading to varicose veins.
- Possessing veins.
- It was a sample of tissue.
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| vertebral |
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adjective
- Relating to a vertebra.
- Having or made of vertebrae.
- Having a spinal column.
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| vertebrate |
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noun
- an animal having a backbone
adjective
- having a backbone
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| vertical |
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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.
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| vesica |
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noun (vesic, ae)
- (anatomy) A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
- The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting
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| vesical |
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adjective
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the urinary bladder.
(seeCites)
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| vesicle |
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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.
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| vesicular |
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to vesicles.
- Having vesicles.
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| villosity |
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noun
- the state of being villous
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| villous |
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adjective
- being hairy, covered with soft long hair
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| visceral |
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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.
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| vitals |
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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
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| vocal cords |
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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.
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| voluntary muscle |
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noun
- (anatomy) Muscle that is normally controlled by individual volition; skeletal muscle.
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| vomer |
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noun (plural vomers)
- The vomer bone.
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| vulva |
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noun (pl2=vulvae)
- (anatomy) The external female sexual organs, collectively.
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