How to Use venous in a Sentence

venous

adjective
  • This can cut off the venous return of blood to your heart, which means your heart will have less blood to pump out.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Nine had cerebral venous thrombosis, a clot blocking a vein that drains blood from the brain.
    — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The second trial targets venous leg wounds, caused when swelling breaks the skin and becomes an ulcer.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 28 Dec. 2017
  • Those include breathing tubes, feeding tubes and central venous catheters.
    — Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Five years ago, I was diagnosed with deep venous thrombosis (a blood clot in my right leg).
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The leading cause of death is venous thrombosis — a blood clot that forms in some part of the body and then travels to the lungs, heart, or brain.
    — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The blood clot may start in an arm or leg, known as deep venous thrombosis, and detach and travel to the lungs, which can be deadly.
    — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2017
  • If the venous needle dislodges, the machine continues to pump and clean blood, but the blood escapes.
    — Brett Kelman, CBS News, 6 July 2023
  • Compression stockings should also not be worn by those with an acute clot in a major leg vein (a deep venous thrombosis).
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The highest use of central venous catheters was seen in Black patients ages 18 to 49.
    — Fox News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The blood was being collected largely by venous draws, not finger sticks, and results took as many as five days to come back, court records show.
    — Heather Somerville, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Another is cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, where a clot forms in the brain's drainage system.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Patients who were connected to the machine via a central venous catheter had a higher risk of infection.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 6 Feb. 2023
  • An angiogram indicated a minor stroke in the form of a small venous tear at the back of his head, Van Hollen said.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 17 May 2022
  • Another issue is that in some patients HRT may increase the risk of venous blood clots.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Wounds range from diabetic foot ulcers to venous and arterial ulcers and bed sores.
    — Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The result can do damage throughout the body, prying plaques and clots from the walls of blood vessels and causing strokes, heart attacks and venous embolisms.
    — Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2020
  • People who have been hospitalized a long time or who have breathing tubes, feeding tubes or central venous catheters appear to be at highest risk.
    — Alexandra Larkin, CBS News, 23 July 2021
  • Sigounas said Van Hollen could not identify any kind of exertion before giving his speech that could have caused the venous tear.
    — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
  • Sometimes called venous eczema, the AAD says that this type of eczema is often caused by poor circulation.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Pulmonary embolism is a type of venous thromboembolism, which also includes deep vein thrombosis.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The team announced that the pitcher would miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with venous thoracic outlet syndrome.
    — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For seven other cases, the cause of death was a condition known as pulmonary venous thromboembolism, which is a sudden blockage in a lung artery.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Along with his obesity amd high blood pressure, Henry suffered from painful venous leg ulcers that made his lower limbs swell, and pustules would burst.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Trump has attributed bruising on his hands to his heavy intake of aspirin to thin his blood and swollen ankles to chronic venous insufficiency.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This is supposed to safely restrict venous blood flow back to the heart from working muscles while still allowing arterial blood flow from heart to the muscles.
    — Outside Online, 13 May 2021
  • Together, a deep vein clot and a pulmonary embolism are known as venous thromboembolism (VTE).
    — Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023
  • According to a 2015 study, those who had used the pill in the previous year were exposed to triple the risk of developing a venous blood clot.
    — Jessica Phillips, refinery29.com, 29 Sep. 2020
  • The clotting events that have drawn the most concern, known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, entail clots in the veins that drain blood from the brain, a condition that can lead to a rare type of stroke.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The most worrying of these blood clots is called CVST, or cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021

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