Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two large veins that drain blood from the upper body and from the lower body and empty into the right atrium of the heart.
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- noun anatomy Either of the two large
veins that take oxygen depleted blood, from the upper body and from the lower body, and return it to the rightatrium of theheart .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin vēna cava : Latin vēna, vein + Latin cava, hollow.]
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