subclavialn.adj.

1664 N. Henshaw Aero-Chalinos ii. 33 Now while we rest, there is no other motion observeable, beside that of breathing, which seems to be the true cause of this distribution of the Chyle, till it comes into the Subclavials.

1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2078 Part of the Chyle is by the Ductus Thoracicus conveyed into the Subclavials, and so into the Cistern of the Breasts.

1694 J. Forrest Brief Def. Old Method curing Continual Fevers 89 Nevertheless it is not all true, what he alledgeth, when he affirmeth that from the right Subclavial both the Carotides do arise.

1714 W. Salmon Ars Anatomica ii. xv. 86/1 These are indeed the same with the Subclavials.

1908 Vet. Jrnl. New Ser. 15 124 The horse, ox, sheep, goat, many deer, and the tapir have only one vessel arising from the aorta... This has resulted from the blending of the left subclavial and part of the innominate.

1664 N. Henshaw Aero-Chalinos iv. 50 The Chyle, when separated from the remaining unprofitable parts of our Aliment is, by proper vessels of its own (the discovery of modern Anatomists) conveyed directly into the Subclavial veins.

1674 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 9 115 Whether through his ductus all the Chyle passeth to the subclavial vessel.

1714 W. Salmon Ars Anatomica vii. ix. 483/2 In the upper part of the Mediastinum, about the Throat, grows the Thymus, close join'd to the Divisions of the Subclavial Arteries and Veins.

1788 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Elements Nat. Hist. & Chem. IV. 265 The chyle is poured into the left subclavial vein, in which it mixes with the blood.

1828 Periscope 22 Mar. in Medico-chirurg. Rev. 8 557/1 The sac originated from the axillary artery, an inch below the origin of the subclavial branches.

1886 H. Eichhorst Handbk. Pract. Med. IV. 282 Rühle considers the subclavial expiratory murmur a valuable diagnostic sign.

1911 G. Borup Tenderfoot with Peary 296 The bullet..came out just below his wrist, then into his body just above the collarbone, missing the subclavial artery by less than an inch.

1961 Lancet 16 Sept. 636/2 Undiluted hexadimethrine 3mg. per kg. body-weight was injected rapidly into the subclavial vein in twelve dogs.

2002 S. B. Karch Pathol. Drug Abuse (ed. 3) i. 157 Nearly half the strokes associated with cocaine abuse are due to either intracerebral or subclavial haemorrhage.