inferior

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The chief factors of vena cava inferior are the hepatic vein (h.v.), which receives the liver blood, the renal veins (r.v.), from the kidneys, the ilaeo-lumbar, from the abdominal wall, and the external (e.il.v.)

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  1. adjective Low or lower in order, degree, or rank: Captain is an inferior rank to major.
  2. adjective Low or lower in quality, value, or estimation: inferior craft; felt inferior to his older sibling.
  3. adjective Second-rate; poor: an inferior translation.

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  1. Middle English, from Latin īnferior, comparative of īnferus, low; see n̥dher- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French inférieur = Spanish Portuguese inferior = Italian inferiore, from Latin inferior, lower, inferior, comparative of inferus, low, nether, underground, orig. a comparative Cf. Sanskrit adhara, lower, related with adhas, down, beneath.
 

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/ɪnˈfirɪər/
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