vena cava noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced American Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of vena cava noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

vena cava

noun

NAmE//ˌvinə ˈkeɪvə//

, NAmE//ˌvinəˈkɑvə//

(pl. venae cavae

NAmE//ˌvini ˈkeɪvi//

, NAmE//ˌviniˈkɑvi//

) (anatomy)

either of the two veins that take blood without oxygen in it toward the heart

Want to learn more?

Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.

See vena cava in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Check pronunciation: vena cava