advehent

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advehent (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Carrying towards an organ or structure.
    • 1891, Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, Zoological Articles Contributed to the "Encyclop Dia Britannica", page 141:
      In Nautilus this vena cava gives off at the level of the gills four branchial advehent veins, which pass into the four gills without dilating.
    • 1925, Studies in Natural History - Volume 11, page 15:
      The posterior renal advehent vein is formed by the union of a number of small branches bringing blood from the muscles of the pelvis, the caudal region and cloaca with its closely related organs.
    • 1929, Frederick Randolph Bailey, Adam Marion Miller, Text-book of Embryology, page 231:
      After birth, when the placental blood is cut off, blood is distributed in the liver by branches of the portal vein, which represent the advehent hepatic veins; it is collected again by branches which unite to form the revehent hepatic veins, or hepatic veins proper, and the latter open into the inferior vena cava.

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advehent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of advehō