Synonyms for vein
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1. vein, vena, venous blood vesselnoun

   a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

   "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"

   Synonyms:
   vena, venous blood vessel, nervure, mineral vein

2. veinnoun

   a distinctive style or manner

   "he continued in this vein for several minutes"

   Synonyms:
   vena, venous blood vessel, nervure, mineral vein

3. vein, nervurenoun

   any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ

   Synonyms:
   vena, venous blood vessel, nervure, mineral vein

4. vein, mineral veinnoun

   a layer of ore between layers of rock

   Synonyms:
   vena, venous blood vessel, nervure, mineral vein

5. vein, nervureverb

   one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect

   Synonyms:
   vena, venous blood vessel, nervure, mineral vein

6. veinverb

   make a veinlike pattern

Matched Categories

1. • Expressive Style
   • Geological Formation
   • Stain

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1. veinnoun

   Synonyms:
   blood-vessel

2. veinnoun

   Synonyms:
   rib (of a leaf), nerve

3. veinnoun

   Synonyms:
   seam (in a mine), lode

4. veinnoun

   Synonyms:
   stripe, streak

5. veinnoun

   Synonyms:
   bent, humor, disposition, mood

6. veinnoun

   Synonyms:
   talent, faculty, genius, quality, strain, turn of mind, peculiar temper

7. veinverb

   Synonyms:
   stripe, streak

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. veinnoun

   Associated words:
   venous, blood vessel

2. veinnoun

   Synonyms:
   seam, lode

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1. List of paraphrases for "vein":

   venous, vena, spirit, token, sense, context, seam, regard, line, luck, connection, mind

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1. Whistler family:

   Ella Whistler underwent emergency, life-saving surgery after being airlifted … and Ella Whistler injuries include collapsed lungs ; a broken jaw, clavicle, multiple neck vertebras, and ribs ; a severed vertebral vein ; significant nerve damage ; and numerous related injuries.

2. Warren Nielsen:

   Her heart was missing a large vein that's normally on the right side.

3. Samuel Dagogo-Jack:

   We have to stick the patient’s finger or draw blood from a vein. So when in hospice, we relax the goals of treatment and we also make the decision of what is rational as far as the frequency in testing blood sugar levels. We have to practice the principle of doing no harm and maximizing the comfort of the patient.

4. Saudi Arabia:

   You cannot be blind to the tensions in the global oil markets ... these are not new developments and we have dealt with it in the past with a firm will and wisdom ... and we will deal with the new developments in the same vein.

5. Thomas Calyle:

   The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.