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| ve·na-ca·val fil·ter (plural ve·na-ca·val fil·ters) |
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filter in vein for blood clots: a wire-mesh filtering device inserted into the lower of the body's two largest veins to block the passage of large blood clots from the legs. Such clots could otherwise pass to the heart and from there also to the lungs.
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