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saphena

saphena [Ar. ṣāfin], (anat.) superficial vein in the leg, the long or internal saphena, which extends from near the ankle-joint along the inner surface of the leg, and ends in the femoral vein, or the short, posterior, or external saphena, which extends from the foot along the calf of the leg, and joins the poplital vein, saphena (also vena ~a). si vis menstrua ei provocare, minue de sophena que est inter cavillam et talum interius Quaest. Salern. Ba 68; valet in illo casu minutio sanguinis in sophena vena ‥ que est sub cavilla Bart. Angl. VII 57; ejus rami sunt sub genibus et in poplitibus intus et extra, quedam vene grosse que miro modo contra sciaticam et nefreticam incise valent et ~e Ric. Med. Anat. 227; donec ‥ super cavillam interiorem apparere incipiat, et tunc ex ea que sophena vocatur fit vena ‥ sophena que est versus inferiorem [? l. interiorem] partem pedis manifestior est scia Ps.-Ric. Anat. 44; collateralis est sophena [gl.: grosse veyne] caville cui vicina est tibia Garl. Dict. 121; fiat ‥ flobotomia de ~a interiori post purgacionem universalem Gad. 29v. 2; sophone vene sunt in talo interiores et exteriores SB 40.

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