Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Saphenous \Sa*phe"nous\, a. [Gr. ? manifest.] (Anat.)
   (a) Manifest; -- applied to the two principal superficial
       veins of the lower limb of man.
   (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous
       veins; as, the saphenous nerves; the saphenous opening,
       an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh through which
       the internal saphenous vein passes.