vena cava

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌviːnə ˈkeɪvə/
Rhymes: -eɪvə

Noun

vena cava (plural venae cavae or vena cavas)

(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 right atrium of the heart.

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Translations

large vein that returns blood into right atrium

Dutch: holle ader m or f, vena cava
Finnish: onttolaskimo
Hindi: महाशिरा (hi) f (mahāśirā)
Italian: vena cava f
Japanese: 大静脈 (ja) (だいじょうみゃく, daijōmyaku)
Maori: ia auraki matua
Portuguese: veia cava f
Romanian: venă cavă (ro) f
Spanish: vena cava (es) f
Swedish: hålven (sv) c
Telugu: బృహత్సిర (br̥hatsira)

See also

Venae cavae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

vena cava f (plural vene cave)

(anatomy) vena cava

Derived terms

Spanish

Noun

vena cava f (plural venas cavas)

(anatomy) vena cava

Derived terms

Further reading

“vena cava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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