See Also: vena intermedia cubiti(medicine)
vena intermedia basilica(medicine)
vena intermedia antebrachii(medicine)
vena intermedia cephalica(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
ganglia intermedia(medicine)
a thalassaemia intermedia(medicine)
prevotella intermedia(medicine)
portio intermedia(medicine)
Yersinia intermedia(medicine)

vena intermedia antebrachii (medicine) and hazard(1) (iou)


vena intermedia antebrachii (medicine)


vena intermedia antebrachii -->
median antebrachial vein


It begins at the base of the dorsum of the thumb, curves around the radial side, ascends the middle of the forearm, and just below the bend of the elbow divides into the intermediate basilic and intermediate cephalic veins; sometimes it divides lower down, one branch going to the basilic vein, the Other to the intermediate vein of the elbow.

Synonym: vena intermedia antebrachii, intermediate antebrachial vein, intermediate vein of forearm, median vein of forearm, vena mediana antebrachii.


hazard(1) (iou)



hazard noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French hasard from Spanish azar from colloq. Arab. az-zahr from az- AL-2 + Persian zar gaming die or Turkish zar die, dice, chance.]
A dice game in which the chances are complicated by arbitrary rules. ME.
Risk of loss or harm; (a source of) danger, jeopardy. M16.
T. O'Brien People were asking one another about the hazards of nuclear fallout.
Real Tennis. Each of the various openings or galleries around the court; spec. those which are not winning openings. M16.
Chance, venture; a chance. L16.
Lytton On what hazards turn our fate!
Something risked or staked. rare. Only in L16.
Billiards.
a. Any of the holes or pockets in the sides of a billiard-table. L16-M18.
b. A stroke by which one of the balls is driven into a pocket. Freq. in losing hazard, winning hazard below. L18.
Golf. An obstruction in playing a shot such as a bunker, water, a road, etc. M18.
Phrases: at all hazards despite all risks. at hazard arch. (a) at random; (b) at risk. losing hazard Billiards the pocketing of one's own ball off another. OCCUPATIONAL hazard. winning hazard Billiards the striking of the object-ball into a pocket.
Comb.: hazard light = hazard warning light below; hazard side Real Tennis the side of the court into which the ball is served; hazard warning light a flashing light used to warn that a vehicle is stationary or decelerating unexpectedly, usu. each of a vehicle's direction indicators operating simultaneously (usu. in pl.).