postcavaladj.n.
/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈkeɪvl/, /ˌpəʊs(t)ˈkɑːvl/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈkeɪv(ə)l/, /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈkɑv(ə)l/ Anatomy and Zoology.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating the inferior vena cava.
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organica1400
original1486
basilic?1541
ankle vein1574
sciatical1598
organical1607
basilical1650
subclavicular1656
subclavial1664
saphenal1828
portal venous1833
brachio-cephalic1836
saphenous1840
postcaval1866
precaval1866
tracheloscapular1891
renovascular1902
1866 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. I. 505 The right and left precavals enter separately the auricular sinus, the left precaval opening near the postcaval vein.
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.
1906 B. P. Colton Physiol. i. iii. 42 The postcaval vein..brings blood from all the organs of the posterior portions of the body.
1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) xiv. 476 Postcaval development has been studied with care in several mammals, and although there is considerable difference from form to form, the general outline of developmental history is the same.
B. n.
The inferior vena cava. Now rare.
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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
1891 Proc. Royal Soc. 1890–91 49 552 The presence of a single true post-caval.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xviii. 468 There is also a single large vein bringing impure blood back to the heart from the posterior body; it is called the post-caval or inferior vena cava and is present in all animals, including Amphibians, from mud-fishes to man.
1968 Amer. Midland Naturalist 80 267 The left precaval and the postcaval enter at the posterior limits of the atrium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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