postcava

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsinferior vena cava

   Broadervena cava

Other forms of postcava

plural

postcavas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about postcava

What does postcava mean?

postcava means "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".

How many syllables are in postcava?

postcava has 3 syllables: post-ca-va. The stress falls on "post".

What is another word for postcava?

Close synonyms include inferior vena cava. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is postcava a common word?

postcava is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.