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veins
Blood vessels that return blood from the body tissues to the heart. (Compare arteries; see circulatory system.)
Example Sentences
The second, from the top of the key, came with a signature gesture — Plum pointing to her veins, signaling the ice running through them.
Rahim has the kind of prominent ribs and veins that were made for statuary.
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.
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