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| ve·na ca·va [ vnə káyvə, vnə kvə ] (plural ve·nae ca·vae [ vnee káyvee, vnee kvee ]) |
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vein carrying blood to heart: either of two major veins that carry circulating blood into the right atrium of the heart. One carries blood returning from the upper body and head superior vena cava and the other brings that from below the chest inferior vena cava.
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| [Late 16th century. < Latin, "hollow vein"] |
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 ve·na-ca·val adjective |
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