POSTCAVA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does postcava mean? 

• POSTCAVA (noun)
  The noun POSTCAVA has 1 sense:

1. receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins

  Familiarity information: POSTCAVA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTCAVA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

inferior vena cava; postcava

Hypernyms ("postcava" is a kind of...):

vena cava (either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart)