Usually means: Vein, usually referring to legs.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. saphena: Collins English Dictionary
  2. saphena: Wordnik
  3. saphena: Wiktionary
  4. saphena: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. saphena: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. saphena: Dictionary.com
  7. saphena: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. saphena: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. saphena: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (saphena)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) A prominent vein or nerve, the saphenous vein

Similar:
saphenous nerve, saphenous vein, great saphenous vein, small saphenous vein, lesser saphenous vein, saphenectomy, vena, venous sinus, sural, venorrhaphy, more...

Phrases:
vena saphena, more...

Adjectives:
internal, long, external, great, short, left

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Similar:
saphenous nerve, saphenous vein, great saphenous vein, small saphenous vein, lesser saphenous vein, saphenectomy, vena, venous sinus, sural, venorrhaphy, more...

Phrases:
vena saphena, more...

Adjectives:
internal, long, external, great, short, left



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