See Also: vena obliqua atrii sinistri(medicine)
vena atrii lateralis(medicine)
vena atrii medialis(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Sea snipe(medicine)
snipe(encyclopedia)
snipe(1)(dictionary)
snipe(2)(dictionary)
Snipe(medicine)
snipe 1, verb(dictionary)

vena obliqua atrii sinistri (medicine) and snipe(1) (iou)


vena obliqua atrii sinistri (medicine)


vena obliqua atrii sinistri -->
oblique vein of left atrium


A small vein on the posterior wall of the left atrium which merges with the great cardiac vein to form the coronary sinus; it is developed from the left common cardinal vein, and occasionally persists as a left superior vena cava.

Synonym: vena obliqua atrii sinistri, Marshall's oblique vein.


snipe(1) (iou)



snipe noun. Pl. -s, (in sense 1 now usu.) same. ME.
[Prob. of Scandinavian origin (cf. Old Norse (Icelandic) mrisnipa, Norwegian myr-, strand-snipa), obscurely rel. to Middle & mod. Low German, Middle Dutch snippe (Dutch snip), sneppe, and Old High German snepfa (German Schnepfe). Cf. SNITE noun.]
Any of various wading birds of the genus Gallinago and related genera (family Scolopacidae), which have a long straight bill and frequent marshy places; the flesh of any of these as Food; esp. (more fully common snipe) G. gallinago, found throughout the northern Holarctic. Formerly also (with specifying word), any of several Other waders of the same family. ME.
As a term of Abuse: a contemptible or worthless person. Cf. GUTTERSNIPE. E17.
a. In pl. Scissors. slang (now rare). E19.
b. The stub of a cigar or cigarette. US slang. L19.
c. Any of a group of workers, esp. on board ship. US slang. E20.
d. A sloping surface or bevel cut on the fore end of a log to ease dragging. M20.
(Also Snipe.) A class of sloop-rigged racing yacht; a yacht of this class. M20.
An instance of sniping; a long-range shot or attack from a sharpshooter. M20.
Comb.: snipe bill (a) a narrow moulding-plane with a sharp arris, used for forming or cutting quirks; (b) Zoology an Indo-Pacific gastropod, Haustellum haustellum, which has a thick shell with a very long siphonal canal; this shell; snipe eel any of various long, slender, mainly deep-sea fishes of the family Nemichthyidae, with long thin jaws and fragile bodies, esp. Nemichthys scolopaceus of the N. Atlantic; snipe fish any of various marine fishes of the genus Macrorhamphosus (family Macrorhamphosidae), which have a deep compressed body and a long snout, esp. M. scolopax of the Atlantic; snipe fly any of various long-legged slender-bodied flies of the family Rhagionidae, esp. the large Rhagio scolopacea; snipe's-head, snipe-shell = snipe bill (b) above.