静脈(じょうみゃく)

じょうみゃく
noun
vein
1. vein
A blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
静脈(じょうみゃく)から採血(さいけつ)する。
They draw blood from a vein.
静脈(じょうみゃく)注射(ちゅうしゃ)を受(う)けた。
I received an intravenous injection.
腕(うで)の静脈(じょうみゃく)が浮(う)き出(で)ている。
The veins in my arm are visible.

静脈(じょうみゃく) is the medical term for veins—blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

MEDICAL COMPOUNDS:

  • 静脈(じょうみゃく)注射(ちゅうしゃ): intravenous injection (IV)
  • 静脈(じょうみゃく)瘤(りゅう): varicose veins
  • 静脈(じょうみゃく)血(けっ)栓(せん): venous thrombosis

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 静脈(じょうみゃく)から採血(さいけつ)する: to draw blood from a vein
  • 静脈(じょうみゃく)が浮(う)き出(で)る: veins are visible/prominent

CONTRAST:

  • 静脈(じょうみゃく): vein (carries blood TO the heart)
  • 動脈(どうみゃく): artery (carries blood FROM the heart)

KANJI:
静(せい) (quiet/still) + 脈(みゃく) (pulse/vein) - veins have less pressure than arteries.

Related Words

Contrast: 動脈(どうみゃく) (artery)
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Added 2026.1.16 22:53 · Revised 2026.1.27 8:03
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