Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable)Relating to the arteries and the veins

More definitions
  • connecting an artery to a vein

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Causes of GI bleeding include gastric ulcers, artery or vein (arteriovenous) malformations, diverticulosis, cancer or inflammatory bowel disease.

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Origin

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

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Word family

5 related words
Relatedarteryvein
Derivedarteriovenostomyarteriovenous fistulaarteriovenous malformation

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
arsonarsonistartA1arteryB2arthritisarthropodartichoke
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