vena

Other forms of vena

plural

venae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vena

What does vena mean?

vena means "a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart".

How many syllables are in vena?

vena has 2 syllables: ve-na. The stress falls on "ve". In IPA it is /ˈvinə/.

What is another word for vena?

Close synonyms include vein, venous blood vessel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vena a common word?

vena is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.