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Definition of: vena cava
(vē′nə kā′və) noun plural ve·nae ca·vae (vē′nē kā′vē) Anat.
Either of the two great venous trunks (called superior and inferior) emptying into the right auricle of the heart. See illustration under HEART. [<L, hollow vein]
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