vena cava

English

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

Finnish: onttolaskimo
Italian: vena cava f
Japanese: 大静脈 (だいじょうみゃく, daijōmyaku)
Maori: ia auraki matua

Portuguese: veia cava f
Spanish: vena cava f
Swedish: hålven (sv) c

See also

Venae cavae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

vena cava f (plural vene cave)

(anatomy) vena cava

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Spanish

Noun

vena cava f (plural venas cavas)

(anatomy) vena cava

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Further reading

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

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