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veins
- Blood vessels that return blood from the body tissues to the heart . ( Compare arteries ; see circulatory system .)
Example Sentences
A former employee at Rushden said that for several months last summer no butterfly kits were available to perform injections on children or people with fragile veins "so patients were being bruised with larger needles".
Fluid is released from the lower body via veins and the lymphatic system, and those two channels rely on muscles contracting — squeezing — to help move fluid up against gravity.
He’s the son of Dodgers’ third base coach Dino Ebel, so baseball runs through his veins and brother Trey is the starting second baseman.
"I'm the fourth generation of my family to work here – it's part of my lineage and it feels like it flows completely through my veins," she said.
The result was a pristinely arranged Studio 54 homage with real blood in its veins.
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