For Vein we have terms and definitions in 13 topics. The topics are Cigar, Diabetes, Dream, Geologic, Health, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Maps, Medical, Nutrition, Organ Transplant, Skin Cancer, Vascular Disease and William Shakespeare.

Vein (Cigar)

A structural part of a leaf; prominent veins can be a defect in wrappers.

Vein (Diabetes)

A blood vessel that carries blood to the heart.See also: Blood vessels.

Vein (Dream)

To see your veins in a dream, insures you against slander, if they are normal.
To see them bleeding, denotes that you will have a great sorrow from which there will be no escape.
To see them swollen, you will rise hastily to distinction and places of trust.

Vein (Geologic)

A mineral-filled fracture or fault in a rock.Tabular rock or mineral filling of a generally small crack such as a quartz vein. A product of chemical precipitation from a watery solution, in contrast to a dike crystallized from magma, although gradations exist.

Vein (Health)

A blood vessel that carries blood from the body back into the heart.

Vein (Hormone Replacement Therapy)

A blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood makes it appear dark. Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system which returns blood to the heart.

Vein (Maps)

An especially rich rock deposit of an ore bearing a valuable metal or mineral; usually thinner and smaller than a lode

Vein (Medical)

A blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart

Vein (Nutrition)

One of the blood vessels that returns the blood from the body tissues to the heart.

Vein (Organ Transplant)

Blood vessels that carry blood from throughout the body back to the heart.

Vein (Skin Cancer)

Blood vessel that takes blood back to the heart from the capillaries, where oxygen has been released from the red blood cells for use by the body.

Vein (Vascular Disease)

A blood vessel through which (with exception of the pulmonary veins) oxygen-depleted blood returns to the heart.

Vein (William Shakespeare)

Disposition, humor; lifestyle.

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