How to Use venous in a Sentence

venous

adjective
Definition of venousnext
  • The highest use of central venous catheters was seen in Black patients ages 18 to 49.
    — Fox News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The leading cause of death is venous thrombosis — a blood clot that forms in some part of the body and then travels to the lungs, heart, or brain.
    — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
  • An angiogram indicated a minor stroke in the form of a small venous tear at the back of his head, Van Hollen said.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 17 May 2022
  • Nine had cerebral venous thrombosis, a clot blocking a vein that drains blood from the brain.
    — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • If the venous needle dislodges, the machine continues to pump and clean blood, but the blood escapes.
    — Brett Kelman, CBS News, 6 July 2023
  • The blood clot may start in an arm or leg, known as deep venous thrombosis, and detach and travel to the lungs, which can be deadly.
    — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The second trial targets venous leg wounds, caused when swelling breaks the skin and becomes an ulcer.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 28 Dec. 2017
  • Five years ago, I was diagnosed with deep venous thrombosis (a blood clot in my right leg).
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The two venous lines met at a Y connector, turning into one.
    — oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2019
  • According to a 2015 study, those who had used the pill in the previous year were exposed to triple the risk of developing a venous blood clot.
    — Jessica Phillips, refinery29.com, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Sometimes called venous eczema, the AAD says that this type of eczema is often caused by poor circulation.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The main concern is a type of clot called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or CVST, which blocks blood being drained from the brain.
    — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The result can do damage throughout the body, prying plaques and clots from the walls of blood vessels and causing strokes, heart attacks and venous embolisms.
    — Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The blood was being collected largely by venous draws, not finger sticks, and results took as many as five days to come back, court records show.
    — Heather Somerville, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Sigounas said Van Hollen could not identify any kind of exertion before giving his speech that could have caused the venous tear.
    — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
  • In contrast, by the time the blood passes through the capillaries and reaches the veins, a typical venous blood pressure is only about 10 mm/Hg, and there is no pulse.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2023
  • The clotting events that have drawn the most concern, known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, entail clots in the veins that drain blood from the brain, a condition that can lead to a rare type of stroke.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The portal vein brings venous blood to the liver, while this artery brings oxygenated arterial blood.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 29 May 2019
  • The researchers found that the risk of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) in those who have been infected with the coronavirus is around 100 times greater than normal.
    — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
  • The most worrying of these blood clots is called CVST, or cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Together, a deep vein clot and a pulmonary embolism are known as venous thromboembolism (VTE).
    — Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Cases identified so far are of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), or blood clots in the brain's veins, rather than in the arteries, which is the case for most strokes.
    — NBC News, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Compression stockings should also not be worn by those with an acute clot in a major leg vein (a deep venous thrombosis).
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Patients who were connected to the machine via a central venous catheter had a higher risk of infection.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 6 Feb. 2023
  • As the team was preparing for the 2020 season, the defensive lineman was diagnosed with a venous thrombosis, a blood clot, in his brain.
    — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021
  • These blood clots in the brain -- called cerebral venous sinus thromboses or CVST -- are dramatic on their own, but the clots may be forming elsewhere, also.
    — Maggie Fox, CNN, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Nineteen of the patients developed a type of brain blood clot called a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or CVST.
    — NBC News, 12 May 2021
  • There were no cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in the U.S. trial.
    — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2021
  • For seven other cases, the cause of death was a condition known as pulmonary venous thromboembolism, which is a sudden blockage in a lung artery.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The condition itself is very much less so, involving venous malformations in which the person ends up with extremely painful, constantly bleeding lesions all over the inside and outside of the body.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024

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