Usage examples (25)

• The popliteal vein joined by the short saphena vein.
• The two arteries are accompanied by venae comites, which, with the short saphena vein, form the popliteal vein.
• Each hour I withdrew a half-pound of blood, then I fed her and for three hours I drew half a pound of blood from the saphena.
• Accordingly she was robust, and I bled her from the basilic vein of the left hand and the saphena of the right foot, both within an hour.