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mài

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 脉

血脉偾张
xuè mài fèn zhāng

lit. blood vessels swell wide (idiom)

贺兰山脉
hè lán shān mài

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

叶脉序
yè mài xù

leaf venation (botany)

主动脉
zhǔ dòng mài

aorta

静脉吸毒
jìng mài xī dú

intravenous drug

脉门
mài mén

inner side of the wrist, where the pulse is felt

昆仑山脉
kūn lún shān mài

Kunlun Mountain range

切脉
qiè mài

to feel sb's pulse

帕米尔山脉
pà mǐ ěr shān mài

the Pamir mountains

精索静脉曲张
jīng suǒ jìng mài qū zhāng

varicocele (medicine)

筋脉
jīn mài

veins

洛矶山脉
luò jī shān mài

Rocky Mountains

腘静脉
guó jìng mài

popliteal vein (anatomy)

动脉粥样硬化
dòng mài zhōu yàng yìng huà

atherosclerosis

喜马拉雅山脉
xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān mài

Himalayas

脉搏
mài bó

pulse (both medical and figurative)

把脉
bǎ mài

to feel the pulse

动脉瘤
dòng mài liú

aneurysm

脉轮
mài lún

chakra

股动脉
gǔ dòng mài

femoral artery

命脉
mìng mài

lifeline

电磁脉冲
diàn cí mài chōng

electromagnetic pulse (EMP)

肺动脉
fèi dòng mài

pulmonary artery

点脉
diǎn mài

to hit a pressure point (martial arts)

基底动脉
jī dǐ dòng mài

basilar artery (central artery of the brain)

穴脉
xué mài

node (center of energy)

祁连山脉
qí lián shān mài

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

长山山脉
cháng shān shān mài

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

大动脉
dà dòng mài

main artery (blood vessel)

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

冠脉循环
guān mài xún huán

coronary circulation

冠脉
guān mài

coronary

高加索山脉
gāo jiā suǒ shān mài

Caucasus Mountains

喀尔巴阡山脉
kā ěr bā qiān shān mài

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

脉冲星
mài chōng xīng

pulsar (astronomy)

含情脉脉
hán qíng mò mò

full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted

温情脉脉
wēn qíng mò mò

full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted

柔情脉脉
róu qíng mò mò

full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted

喀喇昆仑山脉
kā lǎ kūn lún shān mài

Karakorum mountain range in west Xinjiang

阿尔泰山脉
ā ěr tài shān mài

Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia

乌拉尔山脉
wū lā ěr shān mài

Ural Mountains

龙脉
lóng mài

dragon's vein, terrain that looks like a dragon

地脉
dì mài

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

冈底斯山脉
gāng dǐ sī shān mài

Gangdisê mountain range in southwest Tibet

脉案
mài àn

(TCM) diagnosis, usu. written on the prescription

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

寸脉
cùn mài

pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)

脉口
mài kǒu

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

网状脉
wǎng zhuàng mài

netted veins

坎塔布连山脉
kǎn tǎ bù lián shān mài

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

安第斯山脉
ān dì sī shān mài

Andes mountain chain of South America

脉管组织
mài guǎn zǔ zhī

vascular tissue

按脉
àn mài

to feel (take) the pulse

一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng

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

唐古拉山脉
táng gǔ lā shān mài

Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

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

coronary bypass operation

静脉
jìng mài

vein

阿拉干山脉
ā lā gān shān mài

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

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

矿脉
kuàng mài

vein of ore

脉象
mài xiàng

condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine)

脉息
mài xī

pulse

脉压
mài yā

blood pressure

弱脉
ruò mài

weak pulse

博格达山脉
bó gé dá shān mài

Bogda Shan mountain range in the Tian Shan mountains

叶脉
yè mài

venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)

脉诊
mài zhěn

(TCM) diagnosis based on the patient's pulse

热脉冲
rè mài chōng

thermal pulse

号脉
hào mài

to feel sb's pulse

脉络
mài luò

arteries and veins

横段山脉
héng duàn shān mài

Hengduan mountains dividing Sichuan from Tibet

涩脉
sè mài

sluggish pulse

动脉硬化
dòng mài yìng huà

hardening of the arteries

若开山脉
ruò kāi shān mài

Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma)

勃固山脉
bó gù shān mài

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

山脉
shān mài

mountain range

动脉
dòng mài

artery

核电磁脉冲
hé diàn cí mài chōng

nuclear electro-magnetic pulse

脉络膜
mài luò mó

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

脉冲
mài chōng

pulse (physics)

诊脉
zhěn mài

to feel the pulse (TCM)

静脉点滴
jìng mài diǎn dī

an intravenous drip

脉冲波
mài chōng bō

see 脈衝|脉冲[mài chōng]

石英脉
shí yīng mài

quartz vein

扎格罗斯山脉
zā gé luó sī shān mài

Zagros mountains of southwest Iran

十二经脉
shí èr jīng mài

twelve channels of TCM

脉管
mài guǎn

vascular (made up of vessels)

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

coronary bypass operation

来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài

the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)

静脉注射
jìng mài zhù shè

intravenous injection

脉脉
mò mò

affectionate

结脉
jié mài

knotted or slow pulse (TCM)

微静脉
wēi jìng mài

capillary vein

寸口脉
cùn kǒu mài

pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)

血脉
xuè mài

blood vessels

颈动脉
jǐng dòng mài

carotid artery (medicine)

静脉注入
jìng mài zhù rù

intravenous (medicine)

静脉曲张
jìng mài qū zhāng

varicose veins

人脉
rén mài

contacts

邛崃山脉
qióng lái shān mài

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

微动脉
wēi dòng mài

capillary artery

脉动
mài dòng

pulse

脉石
mài shí

(mining) gangue

经脉
jīng mài

channel of TCM

细叶脉
xì yè mài

veinlet in a leaf

锡霍特山脉
xī huò tè shān mài

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

摸脉
mō mài

to feel sb's pulse

冠状动脉
guān zhuàng dòng mài

coronary artery

大兴安岭山脉
dà xīng ān lǐng shān mài

Daxing'anling mountain range in northwest Heilongjiang province

腘动脉
guó dòng mài

popliteal artery (anatomy)

病脉
bìng mài

abnormal pulse

安南山脉
ān nán shān mài

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