The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vena \Ve"na\, n.; pl. Ven[ae]. [L. See Vein.] A vein.
Vena cava; pl. Ven[ae] cav[ae]. [L., literally, hollow vein.] (Anat.) Any one of the great systemic veins connected directly with the heart.
Vena contracta. [L., literally, contracted vein.] (Hydraulics) The contracted portion of a liquid jet at and near the orifice from which it issues.
Vena port[ae]; pl. Ven[AE] port[ae]. [L., literally, vein of the entrance.] (Anat.) The portal vein of the liver. See under Portal.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) 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.
WordNet
n. either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
Wikipedia
Vena Cava is a live performance album by avant-garde artist Diamanda Galás. It was released in 1993 on Mute Records.
Usage examples of "vena cava".
He carefully freed the vena cava and the aortic arch from the surrounding tissue.
From it the doctors insert a connecting cable through the superior vena cava to the right auricle of the heart.
It came, not from the carotid artery, but from the superior vena cava.
In your case, though, the bullet went harmlessly past the inferior vena cava.
The injector dumped stimulant and anti-allergenic directly into Slade's anterior vena cava.
The injector dumped stimulant and anti-allergenic directly into Slades anterior vena cava.