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静脈 (じょうみゃく, joumyaku) Japanese meaning: vein | Kotomora

静じょう脈みゃく

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Meanings

1

Anatomical term for blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart. Often contrasted with 動脈 (artery).

静じょう脈みゃくに注ちゅう射しゃを打うつ。

Give an injection into a vein.

この薬くすりは静じょう脈みゃくから投とう与よします。

This medicine is administered intravenously.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に静じょう脈みゃくが浮うき出でるfor veins to bulge out on a part of the body
手ての甲こうに静じょう脈みゃくが浮うき出でている。
The veins are bulging out on the back of his hand.
静じょう脈みゃくに〈物もの〉を注ちゅう射しゃするto inject a substance into a vein
看かん護ご師しが静じょう脈みゃくに薬くすりを注ちゅう射しゃした。
The nurse injected the medicine into a vein.

Kanji

静quiet
脈vein, pulse, hope

Related words

血けっ管かんN2
血管 is the general term for any blood vessel, whereas 静脈 refers specifically to the vessels that return blood to the heart.

Opposites

動どう脈みゃくN1
静脈 carries blood back to the heart while 動脈 carries blood away from it, making them anatomical opposites.
大だい動どう脈みゃく
静脈 (vein) carries blood back to the heart, the opposite of 大動脈 (aorta), which carries blood away from it.

Don't confuse with

血けっ管かんN2
血管 is the general term for any blood vessel, while 静脈 refers specifically to a vein returning blood to the heart.

Counted with

本ほんN5
Used for long, slender things like veins.

Word family· 27

動どう静じょう脈みゃく
arteriovenous; arteriolovenous; arteriolovenular
大だい静じょう脈みゃく
vena cava
奇き静じょう脈みゃく
azygos vein
肝かん静じょう脈みゃく
hepatic vein

Etymology

From 静 (quiet, still) and 脈 (pulse, vein), reflecting the calmer flow of venous blood compared to arteries.

肺はい静じょう脈みゃく

pulmonary vein

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腎じん静じょう脈みゃく
renal vein
静じょう脈みゃく内ない
intravenous; intravascular
静じょう脈みゃく圧あつ
venous pressure
静じょう脈みゃく洞どう
venous sinus · sinus venosus
静じょう脈みゃく炎えん
phlebitis; inflammation of a vein

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