venae cavae

noun

Meaning

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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Related words

venation(English)venereum(English)ferae naturae(English)cellae(English)venetic(English)venosum(English)vaginae(English)venosa(English)

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