venovenous

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adjective

Describing any technique in which blood is taken from a vein, processed, then returned to a vein.

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Meanings

adjectivevenovenous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineDescribing any technique in which blood is taken from a vein, processed, then returned to a vein.

    He needed continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration during 4 days and then he was put on intermittent haemodialysis.

    2015 July 10, Nuno Rocha Pereira, António Sarmento, Lurdes Santos, “Simultaneous diagnosis of severe imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria and HIV: report of three cases”, in Malaria Journal, volume 14, →DOI
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    Continuous venovenous hemodialysis may be indicated to relieve volume overload in the hemodynamically unstable patient.

    2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 86

Origin

From veno- + venous.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with venovenous

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APA

venovenous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venovenous

MLA

“venovenous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venovenous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “venovenous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venovenous.

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