Meaning & use
veno-
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A combining form meaning 'vein,' used to form medical and scientific terms.
See it in a sentence
A venogram is an imaging test whose name uses this prefix to describe a picture of the veins.
Doctors use the term veno-occlusive to describe a blockage within a vein.
A note on using this word
Veno- comes from Latin 'vena' (vein) and always appears attached to another word root, such as in venography or venous.
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