(anatomy) In tetrapods, a vein that returns blood to the heart after it has circulated through the lungs.

(usually in the plural, informal, medicine) A blood vessel affected by telangiectasia.

(mining) A sort of iron ore, found in loose masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles.

portal vein

(anatomy) A short, wide vein located in the abdominal cavity formed by the union of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins that channels blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to capillary beds in the liver.

Of similar kind.

Quartz occurring as gangue in a vein.

(anatomy) The great saphenous vein, or (less commonly) the small saphenous vein.

plural of red-veined darter

A Sympetrum fonscolombii dragonfly.