revehentadj.
/ˈriːvɪənt/, /rᵻˈviːənt/, U.S. /ˈrivi(h)ənt/, /rəˈviənt/ Anatomy and Zoology.
Carrying back or away; efferent. Cf. advehent adj.
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the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > conveying as a channel or medium > back
revehent1836
1836 A. Thomson in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 646/2 It is removed from thence and returned into the great circulation by the revehent or superior renal veins.
1893 H. St. J. Brooks in H. Morris Treat. Human Anat. v. 864 The grey ramus communicans or revehent nerve is formed of non-medullated fibres.
1917 J. S. Kingsley Outl. Compar. Anat. Vertebr. (ed. 2) 315 The subcardinals of the two sides usually fuse in the middle line,..and now act as a revehent vessel.
1980 Acta Anatomica 106 244/1 More caudal sections show both vitelline veins introducing themselves into the hepatic parenchyma where they receive the primitive hepatic revehent veins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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