noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
deep vein thrombosis
pulsing through...veins
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She felt the blood pulsing through her veins .
varicose veins
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
blue
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Through his translucent skin showed the blue veins , his insides as visible and vulnerable as a tiny transparent shrimp.
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I could see the violet veins in her eyelids and the blue vein throbbing at the side of her temples.
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He arched his instep, admiring a blue vein .
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Her face became blue , the veins in her neck swelled up and the pupils of her eyes were huge.
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All she found there were her hands, big blue veins on the backs of them, not pretty at all.
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Her flesh was so creamy-white and fine that he could trace the blue veins under it.
deep
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Anti-embolic stockings were fitted to help prevent deep vein thrombosis.
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This is the formation of a blood clot in a deep lying vein , which needs immediate medical treatment.
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The symptoms of a deep vein thrombosis are very clear.
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The pope has ordered the Roman Catholic archbishop of Cardiff to be replaced until he recovers from deep vein thrombosis.
different
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Bobby Hunt recalls that after seeing Fuseli's, he and Minton began inventing their own, each following a different vein .
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In a different vein , a half-hour drive will take you to the gardens and leisure park at Alton Towers.
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In a very different vein , Sellafield nuclear plant has a visitors' centre, which is surprisingly popular with tourists.
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In a totally different vein is Xerox's Ventura Publisher.
hepatic
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Furthermore the hepatic vein wedge pressure-inferior vena caval mean pressure gradient was normal.
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Portography was undertaken that showed hepatic vein stenosis.
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This was successfully treated by the insertion of a Palmaz stent within the hepatic vein .
jugular
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One blade speared his jugular vein .
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He was not aware of a jugular vein delicately connecting the forty billion of Trantor with the rest of the Galaxy.
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Perhaps he was only locating the jugular vein for future use.
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They ripped open the jugular vein , releasing an appalling rush of blood.
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Doctors told the 28-year-old that the five slashes were just millimetres away from cutting his jugular vein .
lateral
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These ribbon-like leaves are pale green, with a prominent midrib and usually two lateral veins on either side.
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The first pair of lateral veins issue from the central rib shortly above the base of the blade.
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The leaves are also fleshy with a prominent midrib, with five pairs of lateral veins .
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They are also translucent with a prominent midrib and many fine lateral veins .
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The leaf-blade bears circular dark patches, and has a prominent midrib and lateral veins .
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A prominent midrib and 4 to 6 lateral veins are present.
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The bold midrib and the 3-4 pairs of lateral veins are light purple or pink.
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Faint lateral veins spread from a somewhat prominent midrib.
light
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The surface is olive green with lighter colored veins .
rich
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They dug and blasted out the ores from thin, but rich , mineral veins .
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A rich vein of disagreement indeed, offered for eager exploitation by opponents!
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In the United States, what we now recognise as social psychology has always been a rich vein of thought.
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Some areas may provide a rich vein of local history which is also well related to a supplementary unit.
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The richer the vein was the less the tribute paid by the mine; the leaner the vein the greater the tribute.
serious
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In more serious vein , Daedalus suggests using breathable foam to ventilate coal mines.
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Voluminous diplomatic correspondence, in a serious but ridiculous vein , followed this episode.
similar
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The same dialogue continues in similar vein for shepherd and herdsman.
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Leapor's poems inviting friends to tea are written in a similar vein of pleasure or celebration.
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In similar vein , dare it be said that the charitable function of Age Concern serves this dual function?
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OSF/1.1 is essentially a modularised effort, in a similar vein to Unix System Labs's Destiny product.
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In similar vein , it could be that all the rules of development that apply to amphibians also apply precisely to mammals.
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These poems along with many others in a similar vein , show that working people were articulating aspects of their experience in verse.
varicose
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Relaxed tissues and blood vessels - varicose veins , piles etc. with burning in varicose veins.
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They cut off circulation, made it harder to breathe during altitude changes, and wreaked havoc on varicose veins .
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Relaxed tissues and blood vessels - varicose veins , piles etc. with burning in varicose veins.
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Former lorry driver Leonard Marder finds it difficult to walk because of an infected leg caused by varicose veins .
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Peristaltic tights will appeal to sufferers from poor circulation and varicose veins , and those whose hearts need a bit of extra help.
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Her legs began to hurt and she considered from time to time the possibility of varicose veins .
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Mrs Rundle had once had varicose veins but they had been cut out.
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You can brush where the skin is healthy, but avoid any areas where you have bad varicose veins .
■ NOUN
portal
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In these circumstances, the sensitivity of this method of detecting portal vein occlusion may be diminished.
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Another postmortem study of three patients showed portal vein thrombosis with fresh thrombus extending from recently injected varices.
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However spontaneous portal vein thrombus may occur in portal hypertension and the infusion of vasopressin may also play a part.
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The vascular effluent was collected in one minute fractions through the portal vein .
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The application of radionuclide angiography in assessing portal vein patency or occlusion has received limited attention.
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In four patients cannulation of the portal vein was impossible for anatomical reasons.
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The most time consuming part was related to transjugular cannulation of the portal vein .
quartz
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The shales are folded in an anticline and cleaved with development of cross cutting and saddle reef quartz veins .
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Gold is distributed throughout mineralised quartz veins , not just in sporadic shoots.
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Gold was also reported from minor quartz veins , with pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena, at Stronchullin in Strathclyde.
thrombosis
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Anti-embolic stockings were fitted to help prevent deep vein thrombosis .
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The symptoms of a deep vein thrombosis are very clear.
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Another postmortem study of three patients showed portal vein thrombosis with fresh thrombus extending from recently injected varices.
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The pope has ordered the Roman Catholic archbishop of Cardiff to be replaced until he recovers from deep vein thrombosis .
■ VERB
continue
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If evolution had continued in that vein , the elephants and the dormice might have crossed in the middle!
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We could continue in this vein , since pragmatism is a rich theory of knowledge and Quine an electrifying exponent of it.
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But it is impossible to continue writing in that vein without a feeling of disgust.
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The same dialogue continues in similar vein for shepherd and herdsman.
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Mr Brown will continue in the same vein on Wednesday.
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If the lads continue in the same vein , then we can climb out of trouble.
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He continued in this vein in his inaugural speech, promising dialogue with the opposition.
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He continued in this vein for a couple of minutes, tripping himself up several times.
course
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We can feel the blood coursing through our veins again.
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He could feel his strength returning; could feel the brandy coursing through his veins , filling him with a warm glow.
flow
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I strongly disapprove of needless bloodshed, be the blood flowing from human veins or otherwise.
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Enraged, he had her broken on a wheel, scourged and beheaded, at which milk flowed from her veins .
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Sometimes I could almost see her flowing through his veins .
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The sap flowed easily through her veins .
run
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Today I run until a vein in the back of my head feels ready to pop.
tap
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But whatever his motives, he soon realized that he had tapped a very useful vein of information in Ted Morgan.
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Perry taps the needle one last time, taps her arm for veins and injects the syringe into a bruise.
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The language also taps a Laurentian vein where mud, blood, heat and simmering violence are mashed together.
write
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But it is impossible to continue writing in that vein without a feeling of disgust.
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Leapor's poems inviting friends to tea are written in a similar vein of pleasure or celebration.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jugular vein
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Doctors told the 28-year-old that the five slashes were just millimetres away from cutting his jugular vein.
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He was not aware of a jugular vein delicately connecting the forty billion of Trantor with the rest of the Galaxy.
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One blade speared his jugular vein.
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Perhaps he was only locating the jugular vein for future use.
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They ripped open the jugular vein, releasing an appalling rush of blood.
on a lighter note/in a lighter vein
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a vein of gold
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He turns red and his veins clog up at one end.
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The face was smooth, the yellow skin as translucent as waxed paper, the veins clearly visible.
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The upper leaf surface is smooth and grass-green; the lower surface is lighter, a yellow-green, with distinct veins.