HyperDic English SUPERI ... superior vena cava

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English 1 sense of the expression *superior vena cava*:
NOUN	body	superior vena cava, precava	receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart

Englishsuperior vena cava: 1 sense noun 1, body
Meaning	Receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins.
Synonym	precava
Broader	vena cava	Either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
Spanish	precava, vena cava superior
Catalan	vena cava superior

HyperDicEnglishSUPERI ... superior vena cava