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Definitions

  1. 1. arteries and veins
  2. 2. vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

Words Containing 脉

来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài

the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)

动脉
dòng mài

artery

山脉
shān mài

mountain range

脉搏
mài bó

pulse (both medical and figurative)

脉络
mài luò

arteries and veins

血脉
xuè mài

blood vessels

一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng

traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)

主动脉
zhǔ dòng mài

aorta

人脉
rén mài

contacts

冠状动脉
guān zhuàng dòng mài

coronary artery

冠状动脉旁路移植手术
guān zhuàng dòng mài páng lù yí zhí shǒu shù

coronary bypass operation

冠状动脉旁通手术
guān zhuàng dòng mài páng tōng shǒu shù

coronary bypass operation

冠脉
guān mài

coronary

冠脉循环
guān mài xún huán

coronary circulation

切脉
qiè mài

to feel sb's pulse

勃固山脉
bó gù shān mài

Pegu Yoma (mountain range) of south central Myanmar (Burma), separating Irrawaddy and Sittang basins

动脉瘤
dòng mài liú

aneurysm

动脉硬化
dòng mài yìng huà

hardening of the arteries

动脉粥样硬化
dòng mài zhōu yàng yìng huà

atherosclerosis

十二经脉
shí èr jīng mài

twelve channels of TCM

博格达山脉
bó gé dá shān mài

Bogda Shan mountain range in the Tian Shan mountains

含情脉脉
hán qíng mò mò

full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted

命脉
mìng mài

lifeline

唐古拉山脉
táng gǔ lā shān mài

Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

喀喇昆仑山脉
kā lǎ kūn lún shān mài

Karakorum mountain range in west Xinjiang

喀尔巴阡山脉
kā ěr bā qiān shān mài

Carpathian Mountains, 1500-km mountain range in Central and Eastern Europe

喜马拉雅山脉
xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān mài

Himalayas

地脉
dì mài

geographical position according to the principles of feng shui 風水|风水[fēng shuǐ]

坎塔布连山脉
kǎn tǎ bù lián shān mài

Cantabrian mountain range in north Spain dividing Asturias from Castilla-Leon

基底动脉
jī dǐ dòng mài

basilar artery (central artery of the brain)

大动脉
dà dòng mài

main artery (blood vessel)

大兴安岭山脉
dà xīng ān lǐng shān mài

Daxing'anling mountain range in northwest Heilongjiang province

安南山脉
ān nán shān mài

Annamite Range, aka Annamese Cordillera, mountain range forming the border between Vietnam and Laos

安第斯山脉
ān dì sī shān mài

Andes mountain chain of South America

寸口脉
cùn kǒu mài

pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)

寸脉
cùn mài

pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)

冈底斯山脉
gāng dǐ sī shān mài

Gangdisê mountain range in southwest Tibet

昆仑山脉
kūn lún shān mài

Kunlun Mountain range

帕米尔山脉
pà mǐ ěr shān mài

the Pamir mountains

弱脉
ruò mài

weak pulse

微动脉
wēi dòng mài

capillary artery

微静脉
wēi jìng mài

capillary vein

扎格罗斯山脉
zā gé luó sī shān mài

Zagros mountains of southwest Iran

把脉
bǎ mài

to feel the pulse

按脉
àn mài

to feel (take) the pulse

摸脉
mō mài

to feel sb's pulse

柔情脉脉
róu qíng mò mò

full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted

核电磁脉冲
hé diàn cí mài chōng

nuclear electro-magnetic pulse

横断山脉
héng duàn shān mài

Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet

横段山脉
héng duàn shān mài

Hengduan mountains dividing Sichuan from Tibet

洛矶山脉
luò jī shān mài

Rocky Mountains

温情脉脉
wēn qíng mò mò

full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted

涩脉
sè mài

sluggish pulse

乌拉尔山脉
wū lā ěr shān mài

Ural Mountains

热脉冲
rè mài chōng

thermal pulse

病脉
bìng mài

abnormal pulse

石英脉
shí yīng mài

quartz vein

矿脉
kuàng mài

vein of ore

祁连山脉
qí lián shān mài

Qilian Mountains (formerly Richthofen Range), dividing Qinghai and Gansu provinces

秦岭山脉
qín lǐng shān mài

Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi, forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[guān zhōng píng yuán] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[hàn shuǐ] valley

穴脉
xué mài

node (center of energy)

筋脉
jīn mài

veins

精索静脉曲张
jīng suǒ jìng mài qū zhāng

varicocele (medicine)

细叶脉
xì yè mài

veinlet in a leaf

结脉
jié mài

knotted or slow pulse (TCM)

经脉
jīng mài

channel of TCM

网状脉
wǎng zhuàng mài

netted veins

股动脉
gǔ dòng mài

femoral artery

肺动脉
fèi dòng mài

pulmonary artery

脉动
mài dòng

pulse

脉口
mài kǒu

location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM

脉压
mài yā

blood pressure

脉息
mài xī

pulse

脉案
mài àn

(TCM) diagnosis, usu. written on the prescription

脉石
mài shí

(mining) gangue

脉管
mài guǎn

vascular (made up of vessels)

脉管组织
mài guǎn zǔ zhī

vascular tissue

脉络膜
mài luò mó

choroid (vascular layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera)

脉脉
mò mò

affectionate

脉冲
mài chōng

pulse (physics)

脉冲星
mài chōng xīng

pulsar (astronomy)

脉冲波
mài chōng bō

see 脈衝|脉冲[mài chōng]

脉诊
mài zhěn

(TCM) diagnosis based on the patient's pulse

脉象
mài xiàng

condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine)

脉轮
mài lún

chakra

脉门
mài mén

inner side of the wrist, where the pulse is felt

腘动脉
guó dòng mài

popliteal artery (anatomy)

腘静脉
guó jìng mài

popliteal vein (anatomy)

若开山脉
ruò kāi shān mài

Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma)

叶脉
yè mài

venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)

叶脉序
yè mài xù

leaf venation (botany)

号脉
hào mài

to feel sb's pulse

血脉偾张
xuè mài fèn zhāng

lit. blood vessels swell wide (idiom)

诊脉
zhěn mài

to feel the pulse (TCM)

贺兰山脉
hè lán shān mài

Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia

邛崃山脉
qióng lái shān mài

Qionglai mountains on the boundary of the Sichuan basin 四川盆地

锡霍特·阿林山脉
xī huò tè · ā lín shān mài

Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island

锡霍特山脉
xī huò tè shān mài

Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island

长山山脉
cháng shān shān mài

Annamite Range, aka Annamese Cordillera, mountain range forming the border between Vietnam and Laos

阿拉干山脉
ā lā gān shān mài

Arakan Mountains (aka Rakhine Mountains), mountain range in western Myanmar

阿尔泰山脉
ā ěr tài shān mài

Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia

电磁脉冲
diàn cí mài chōng

electromagnetic pulse (EMP)

静脉
jìng mài

vein

静脉吸毒
jìng mài xī dú

intravenous drug

静脉曲张
jìng mài qū zhāng

varicose veins

静脉注入
jìng mài zhù rù

intravenous (medicine)

静脉注射
jìng mài zhù shè

intravenous injection

静脉点滴
jìng mài diǎn dī

an intravenous drip

颈动脉
jǐng dòng mài

carotid artery (medicine)

高加索山脉
gāo jiā suǒ shān mài

Caucasus Mountains

点脉
diǎn mài

to hit a pressure point (martial arts)

龙脉
lóng mài

dragon's vein, terrain that looks like a dragon