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Webster 1913 Edition

Sanguiferous

San-guif′er-ous

,

Adj.

[L.

sanguis

blood +

-ferous

.]

(Physiol.)

Conveying blood;

as,

sanguiferous

vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sanguiferous

SANGUIF'EROUS

,

Adj.

[L. sanguifer; sanguis, blood, and fero, to carry.]

Conveying blood. The sanguiferous vessels are the arteries and veins.