The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saphenous \Sa*phe"nous\, a. [Gr. ? manifest.] (Anat.)
Manifest; -- applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man.
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous veins; as, the saphenous nerves; the saphenous opening, an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh through which the internal saphenous vein passes.
Wiktionary
a. (context anatomy English) Relating to, or situated near, the saphenous vein.
WordNet
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Usage examples of "saphenous".
We encounter for example the rectus femoris, the saphenous nerve, the iliotibial tract, the femoral artery, the vastus medialis, the vastus lateralis, the vastus intermedius, the gracilis, the adductor magnus, the adductor longus, the intermediate femoral cutaneous nerve and other simple premechanical devices of this nature.
Like a drug user who loses veins after repeated needle sticks, Lia eventually lost the antecubital veins in both forearms and the saphenous vein above her left ankle after doctors frantically searching for needle placement cut them open and tied them off.
Peter Ozal, a third-year surgical resident, performed the ankle cutdown required to access the saphenous vein.
We encounter for example the rectus femoris, the saphenous nerve, the iliotibial tract, the femoral artery, the vastus medialis, the vastus lateralis, the vastus intermedius, the gracilis, the adductor magnus, the adductor longus, the intermediate femoral cutaneous nerve and other simple premechanical devices of this nature.
Assisting at his first coronary bypass, helping to clamp off and excise the saphenous vein from the meat-thick thigh and substitute it for the fouled canal-locks around the heart, Kraft felt only the placid terror of arrival.
These are the veins about the lower end of the bowel, producing the condition known as haemorrhoids or piles, and the internal saphenous vein, with its branches on the inner side of the leg, knee and thigh.
Denny's leg wound had failed to heal and was now inflamed and purulent, as was the cut into his saphenous vein.
It almost gave Larry heart failure to watch Thomas bend over the heart with a razor-sharp needle and try to direct the instrument to the dainty piece of saphenous vein he was attempting to sew to the minute coronary vessel.
The saphenous vein and its branches looked like an overview of the Los Angeles freeway system.