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cardinal vein
(encz) | cardinal vein, n: |
cardinal vein
(wn) | cardinal vein
n 1: any of the major venous channels in primitive adult
vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates |
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common cardinal vein
(encz) | common cardinal vein, n: |
posterior cardinal vein
(encz) | posterior cardinal vein, n: |
Cardinal veins
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of
a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F.
cardinal.]
Of fundamental importance; pre["e]minent; superior; chief;
principal.
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The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. --Drayton.
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But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
--Shak.
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Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in
distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are
called ordinal numbers.
Cardinal points
(a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or
intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the
prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.
(b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith
and nadir.
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and
Capricorn.
Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell.
See Bivalve.
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos,
which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the
blood to the heart. They remain through life in some
fishes.
Cardinal virtues, pre["e]minent virtues; among the
ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points
due north, south, east, or west.
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anterior cardinal vein
(wn) | anterior cardinal vein
n 1: a major drainage channel from the cephalic part of the body |
common cardinal vein
(wn) | common cardinal vein
n 1: the major return channels to the heart; formed by
anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal veins |
posterior cardinal vein
(wn) | posterior cardinal vein
n 1: a major drainage channel from the caudal part of the body |
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