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genicular vein

genicular vein

9.7
A vein that carries blood away from the knee into the large vein behind it
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɛnɪkjələr veɪn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : vena genicular
  • Blood from the region around the knee flows into the genicular vein before reaching the popliteal vein.

Examples

  • Several genicular veins drain blood from the knee.

  • Damage to a genicular vein can lead to complications during knee replacement surgery.

  • The surgeon carefully identified the genicular vein during the knee operation.

  • The genicular vein is crucial for knee health.

  • Blood from the region around the knee flows into the genicular vein before reaching the popliteal vein.

  • Damage to a genicular vein can lead to complications during knee replacement surgery.

  • The surgeon carefully identified the genicular vein during the knee operation.

Synonyms

vena genus
vsgenicular vein
  • Specialized
9.9

Veins that carry blood from the tissues around the knee into the vein behind the knee

refer to an individual vessel among those rather than the whole group

Surface Forms

genicular vein singular
genicular veins plural

Morphology

genicular + vein

If a learner knows 'genicular' (relating to the knee) and 'vein' (a blood vessel), the phrase straightforwardly denotes a vein associated with the knee; the meaning is compositional and follows regular adjective + noun formation. Although the adjective is technical/rare, the semantic relation is directly derivable from the constituents, so a learner who knows both parts will understand the MWE.

Etymology

Genicular vein comes from an old Latin word 'genu' meaning 'knee' and literally names a vein by the knee. So the name simply means 'the vein by the knee', which explains why it carries 'blood' from the knee area.