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basilic vein [bə′sil·ik ′vān] (anatomy) The large superficial vein of the arm on the medial side of the biceps brachii muscle. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The cephalic vein of the left arm and the basilic vein of the right arm were also tender and indurated. She, with her snowy left arm held closely against her snowlike breast bore a burning and shining torch, raised somewhat beyond and above her golden head, held the slender stalk-like extremity by the sharp point, and offering adroitly her free arm, more shining white than was that of Pelops, in which appear the delicate veins of the upper arm and the basilic vein, such like those sandalwood lines drawn on the cleanest papyrus. Venous duplex ultrasonography documented the presence of bilateral internal jugular and subclavian venous thrombosis that extended to the axillary vein on the right and the basilic vein on the left (figure 1). |
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