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venation
/vɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
mass noun
Biology
1 The arrangement of veins in a leaf or in an insect's wing.
1.1 The system of venous blood vessels in an animal.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin vena ‘vein’ + -ation.
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Venation describes half of the system of blood vessels, but there does not
appear to be a similar collective term for the arteries. It may also
fascinate me that the etymology of "artery" is from Greek "windpipe". I
wonder just how confused early doctors were.
