VENA CAVA


Meaning of VENA CAVA in English

[ve.na ca.va] n, pl ve.nae ca.vae [NL, lit., hollow vein] (1598): any of the large veins by which in air-breathing vertebrates the blood is returned to the right atrium of the heart -- vena ca.val adj

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