# venous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈviː.nəs/ · frequency rank #31,814

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to veins.
2. Having passed through the capillaries and given up oxygen for the tissues and become charged with carbon dioxide.
3. Possessing veins.
4. Having numerous veins.

## Etymology
Morphologically vein + -ous, which is a borrowing from Latin vēnōsus (“full of veins, veiny”), from vēna (“a blood vessel, vein”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of venose.

## Easily confused with
- **venue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venous-vs-venue)
- **Venus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venous-vs-venus)
- **versus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venous-vs-versus)
- **venom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venom-vs-venous)
- **venomous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venomous-vs-venous)

## Common misspellings (8)
`evnous`, `vennous`, `venosu`, `venouss`, `venuos`, `veonus`, `vneous`, `vvenous`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/venous