precava

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymssuperior vena cava

   Broadervena cava

Other forms of precava

plural

precavas·

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 precava

What does precava mean?

precava means "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".

How many syllables are in precava?

precava has 3 syllables: pre-ca-va. The stress falls on "pre".

What is another word for precava?

Close synonyms include superior 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 precava a common word?

precava 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.