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vidian(medicine)
vidian nerve(medicine)
vidian artery(medicine)
vidian canal(medicine)
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vein(1)(dictionary)
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vadose (iou) and vidian vein (medicine)


vadose (iou)



vadose adjective. L19.
[Latin vadosus, from vadum shallow piece of water: see -OSE1.]
Physical Geography. Pertaining to or designating underground water above the water-table. Cf. PHREATIC 1.

vidian vein (medicine)


vidian vein -->
vein of pterygoid canal


A vein accompanying the nerve and artery through the pterygoid canal and emptying into the pharyngeal venous plexus.

Synonym: vena canalis pterygoidei, vidian vein.