vena cava : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vena cava	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vena cava
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vena cava n either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vena \[d8]Ve"na\, n.; pl. {Ven[91]}. [L. See {Vein}.] A vein. {Vena cava}; pl. {Ven[91] cav[91]}. [L., literally, hollow vein.] (Anat.) Any one of the great systemic veins connected directly with the heart. {Vena contracta}. [L., literally, contracted vein.] (Hydraulics) The contracted portion of a liquid jet at and near the orifice from which it issues. {Vena port[91]}; pl. {Ven[92] port[91]}. [L., literally, vein of the entrance.] (Anat.) The portal vein of the liver. See under {Portal}.