advehent

English

Adjective

advehent (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Carrying towards an organ or structure.
   • 1891, Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, Zoological Articles Contributed to the "Encyclop Dia Britannica", page 141:

     In Nautilus this vena cava gives off at the level of the gills four branchial advehent veins, which pass into the four gills without dilating.

   • 1925, Studies in Natural History - Volume 11, page 15:

     The posterior renal advehent vein is formed by the union of a number of small branches bringing blood from the muscles of the pelvis, the caudal region and cloaca with its closely related organs.

   • 1929, Frederick Randolph Bailey, Adam Marion Miller, Text-book of Embryology, page 231:

     After birth, when the placental blood is cut off, blood is distributed in the liver by branches of the portal vein, which represent the advehent hepatic veins; it is collected again by branches which unite to form the revehent hepatic veins, or hepatic veins proper, and the latter open into the inferior vena cava.

Antonyms

• revehent

Latin

Verb

advehent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of advehō