mài

blood vessels, veins, arteries

DEFINITIONS

脈 mài
  • old variant of 脈|脉[mai4]
  • arteries and veins
  • vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
  • variant of 脈|脉[mai4]
脈 mò
  • see 脈脈|脉脉[mo4 mo4]

WORDS

衝 rè mài chōng thermal pulse
bìng mài abnormal pulse
石英 shí yīng mài quartz vein
kuàng mài vein of ore
祁連山 qí lián shān mài Qilian Mountains (formerly Richthofen Range), dividing Qinghai and Gansu provinces
秦嶺山 qín lǐng shān mài Qinling mountain range in Shaanxi forming natural barrier between Guanzhong plain 關中平原|关中平原 and Han River 汉水 valley
xué mài node (center of energy); acupuncture point; Chakra
jīn mài veins
細葉 xì yè mài veinlet in a leaf
jié mài knotted or slow pulse (TCM)
jīng mài channel of TCM
網狀 wǎng zhuàng mài netted veins; reticulated veins (of a leaf etc); stockwork (geology)
股動 gǔ dòng mài femoral artery
肺動 fèi dòng mài pulmonary artery
動 mài dòng pulse; throbbing; pulsation
口 mài kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
壓 mài yā blood pressure
息 mài xī pulse
搏 mài bó pulse (both medical and figurative)
案 mài àn medical record
石 mài shí veinstone (stone containing a vein of precious metal)
管 mài guǎn vascular (made up of vessels)
管組織 mài guǎn zǔ zhī vascular tissue
絡 mài luò arteries and veins; network of blood vessels; vascular system (of a plant or animal); (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric"); overall context
絡膜 mài luò mó choroid (vascular layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera)