Vesalianadj.
/vɪˈseɪlɪən/ 1. Connected with anatomical researches.In quot. 1870 with reference to body-snatching.
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Vesalian1870
1870 H. Lonsdale Life R. Knox 65 The students..set out on Vesalian crusades, and succeeded beyond expectation.
2. Vesalian foramen, Vesalian vein: (see quots.).
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [noun] > specific vein
middle veina1398
portaa1398
saphena1398
funisa1400
sciaticaa1400
guidesc1400
haemorrhoidc1400
salvatellac1400
liver veina1425
median?a1425
mesaraic?a1425
sciatic?a1425
venal artery?a1425
sciat1503
organal vein1523
axillar?1541
weeping vein1543
port-vein1586
lip-vein1598
nose vein1598
sciatic vein1598
cephalic vein1599
hollow vein1605
jugular1615
scapulary1615
subclavian vein1615
umbilical vessel1615
basilica1625
porter-vein1625
neck vein1639
garter-vein1656
matricious vein1656
sacred vein1656
subclavicular1656
subclavial1664
vertebral1718
portal vein1765
cava1809
satellite vein1809
brachial1859
innominate vein1866
precaval1866
postcava1882
precava1882
postcaval1891
Vesalian vein1891
sciatic1892
subcardinal1902
the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > sphenoid bone > parts of or associated with
pterygium1684
sella1684
pterygoid process1697
pterygoid bone1719
pterygoid fossa1733
pterygoidean1753
pterygoid plate1758
pterygoid1822
ingrassial bones1839
alisphenoid1846
presphenoid1851
clinoid1854
postsphenoid1862
postsphenoid bone1862
mesopterygoid fossa1881
Vesalian foramen1891
1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The Vesalian foramen (foramen Vesalii) of the sphenoid bone (a small venous opening).
1902 Hughes' Man. Pract. Anat. III. 188 The Vesalian, an emissary vein from the cavernous sinus, which, however, is only occasionally present.
1913 Dorland's Med. Dict. 1040/2 Vesalian vein, a vessel which connects the pterygoid plexus with the cavernous sinus.
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adj.1870