Postcava

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Postcava \Post"ca`va\, n.; pl. {Postcav[ae]} . [NL. See {Post-},
     and {Cave}, n.] (Anat.)
     The inferior vena cava. -- {Post"ca`val}, a. --B. G. Wilder.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  postcava
       n : 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
           [syn: {inferior vena cava}]