vena cava

Literally "hollow vein."

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

vena cava (plural venae cavae or vena cavas)

1. (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.

• vena caval
• inferior vena cava
• superior vena cava

• Venae cavae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

vena cava f (plural vene cave)

1. (anatomy) vena cava

• vena cava inferiore
• vena cava superiore

• IPA^(key): /ˌbena ˈkaba/ [ˌbe.na ˈka.β̞a]
• Syllabification: ve‧na ca‧va

vena cava f (plural venas cavas)

1. (anatomy) vena cava

• “vena cava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024