หลอดเลือดดำ

Thai

Etymology

หลอดเลือด (lɔ̀ɔt-lʉ̂ʉat, blood vessel) +‎ ดำ (dam, black), alluding to the darker color of the deoxygenated blood in veins as opposed to the brighter-colored blood in arterties.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหลอดเลือดดำ
h l ɒ ɗ e l ụ̄ ɒ ɗ ɗ å
Phonemic
หฺลอด-เลือด-ดัม
h ̥ l ɒ ɗ – e l ụ̄ ɒ ɗ – ɗ ạ m
RomanizationPaiboonlɔ̀ɔt-lʉ̂ʉat-dam
Royal Institutelot-lueat-dam
(standard) IPA(key)/lɔːt̚˨˩.lɯa̯t̚˥˩.dam˧/(R)

Noun

หลอดเลือดดำ • (lɔ̀ɔt-lʉ̂ʉat-dam)

  1. (anatomy) vein

Synonyms

Further reading

  • หลอดเลือดดำ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.