Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The inferior vena cava; the caval vein which is below in man, and behind or posterior in other animals: opposed to præcava.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The inferior vena cava.
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- noun anatomy The
inferior vena cava .
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- noun receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins
Etymologies
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post- + cava
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