Middle English Dictionary Entry
rāmǒuse adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | rāmǒuse adj. |
| Etymology | L rāmōsus & OF ramos. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. kile n.(1).
1.
Anat. In phrase: ~ veine, the inferior vena cava; ~ veines, the hepatic veins.
Associated quotations
- [ ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)55b/b : It is þe stocke of alle þe veines of a manes bodie, oute taken þe veines þat ben cleped miseraice, and it is cleped ramosa oþer kylis, off þo whiche veyne þer braunchen oute two braunches. ]
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)35a/a : To þe riȝt ventricle of þe herte comeþ a veyne out of þe ramouse veyne..bringynge greet blood and þikke to norische þe herte, and bi þis aforseid riȝt ventricle entriþ sche priuyly þe substaunce of þe herte.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)40a/b : The þridde grete veyne, þat aftir summe lechis springiþ of þe lyueris substaunce & aftir summe out of þe ramouse veynes, is y-clepid vena arterialis.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ramous vein.