postcavan.
/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈkeɪvə/, /ˌpəʊs(t)ˈkɑːvə/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈkɑvə/, /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈkeɪvə/ Anatomy and Zoology.
The inferior vena cava; (in lower animals) a vein analogous to this.
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middle veina1398
portaa1398
saphena1398
funisa1400
sciaticaa1400
guidesc1400
haemorrhoidc1400
salvatellac1400
liver veina1425
median?a1425
mesaraic?a1425
sciatic?a1425
venal artery?a1425
sciat1503
organal vein1523
axillar?1541
weeping vein1543
port-vein1586
lip-vein1598
nose vein1598
sciatic vein1598
cephalic vein1599
hollow vein1605
jugular1615
scapulary1615
subclavian vein1615
umbilical vessel1615
basilica1625
porter-vein1625
neck vein1639
garter-vein1656
matricious vein1656
sacred vein1656
subclavicular1656
subclavial1664
vertebral1718
portal vein1765
cava1809
satellite vein1809
brachial1859
innominate vein1866
precaval1866
postcava1882
precava1882
postcaval1891
Vesalian vein1891
sciatic1892
subcardinal1902
1882 B. G. Wilder & S. H. Gage Anat. Technol. Domest. Cat 331 By Owen the two are designated as the postcaval and præcaval veins... We have ventured to omit the vena and to designate them as simply præcava and postcava.
1893 Amer. Naturalist 27 862 The right jugular vein..follows the dorsal contour of the right auricle, arching over to enter the sinus venosus at about the point of entrance of the postcava.
1902 Amer. Naturalist 36 789 The venous blood from the dorsal end of the mantle returns through the two postcavæ which open into the ends of the arms of the nephridial sinus.
1988 Circulation 77 188 Eleven stents were placed successfully in pulmonary arteries.., and 11 of 14 were installed in tributaries of the precava or postcava.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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