venous

1. 1.

   of or contained in or performing the function of the veins

   “venous inflammation”

   “venous blood as contrasted with arterial blood”

   “venous circulation”

Other forms of venous

comparative

venouser·

superlative

venousest·

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 venous

What does venous mean?

venous means "of or contained in or performing the function of the veins".

How many syllables are in venous?

venous has 2 syllables: ve-nous. The stress falls on "ve". In IPA it is /ˈvinəs/.

Is venous a common word?

venous 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.

What rhymes with venous?

2 words rhyme with venous. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.