静脈(じょうみゃく)

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

COMPOUNDS (medicine):

• 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

Similar words

• 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)

Writing

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