venovenous
venovenous adjective: describing any technique in which blood is taken from a vein, processed, then returned to a vein.
Adjective
venovenous (not comparable)
- Describing any technique in which blood is taken from a vein, processed, then returned to a vein.
- Continuous venovenous hemodialysis may be indicated to relieve volume overload in the hemodynamically unstable patient.2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams &...
- He needed continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration during 4 days and then he was put on intermittent haemodialysis.2015 July 10, Nuno Rocha Pereira, António Sarmento, Lurdes Santos, “Simultaneous diagnosis of severe imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria and HIV: report of three cases”, in Malaria Journal, volume...
Origin of venovenous
From veno- + venous.
Words that rhyme with venovenous
Questions about venovenous
- What does venovenous mean?
- Venovenous means describing any technique in which blood is taken from a vein, processed, then returned to a vein.
- What part of speech is venovenous?
- Venovenous is an adjective.
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