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saphenous, a.|səˈfiːnəs| Also erron. (quasi-Latin) saphenus. [f. saphena + -ous.] Pertaining to or connected with the saphena. saphenous vein: the saphena. saphenous nerve = ‘saphena nerve’ (see saphena b.).
1840G. V. Ellis Anat. 626 The oval aperture in the fascia lata, now exposed, is the saphenous opening. 1840E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (1842) 345 It receives several muscular and articular veins, and the external saphenous vein. 1881Trans. Obstetric Soc. Lond. XXII. 22 The course of the long saphenous nerve. |