vena cava

English

Etymology

Literally "hollow vein."

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• vena caval
• inferior vena cava
• superior vena cava

Translations

large vein that returns blood into right atrium

• Dutch: holle ader m or f, vena cava
• Finnish: onttolaskimo
• French: veine cave (fr) f
• Hindi: महाशिरा (hi) f (mahāśirā)
• Italian: vena cava f
• Japanese: 大静脈 (ja) (だいじょうみゃく, daijōmyaku)
• Maori: ia auraki matua
• Portuguese: veia cava f
• Romanian: venă cavă (ro) f
• Spanish: vena cava (es) f
• Swedish: hålven (sv) c
• Telugu: బృహత్సిర (br̥hatsira)

See also

• Venae cavae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

vena cava f (plural vene cave)

1. (anatomy) vena cava

Derived terms

• vena cava inferiore
• vena cava superiore

Spanish

Noun

vena cava f (plural venas cavas)

1. (anatomy) vena cava

Derived terms

• vena cava inferior
• vena cava superior

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10