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Vena

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• Vena-cava

  noun, plural venae cavae [vee-nee key-vee] /ˈvi ni ˈkeɪ vi/ (Show IPA). Anatomy. 1. either of two large veins discharging blood into the right atrium of the heart, one (superior vena cava or precava) conveying blood from the head, chest, and upper extremities and the other (inferior vena cava or postcava) conveying blood from all […]

• Venacavography

  venacavography ve·na·ca·vog·ra·phy (vē’nə-kā-vŏg’rə-fē) n. Angiography of a vena cava.

• Vena-contracta

  [vee-nuh kuh n-trak-tuh] /ˈvi nə kənˈtræk tə/ noun, plural venae contractae [vee-nee kuh n-trak-tee] /ˈvi ni kənˈtræk ti/ (Show IPA). Hydraulics. 1. any of the locations in a jet of fluid emerging from an orifice where the cross section of the jet is at a minimum, especially the location of minimum cross section nearest the […]

• Venae

  noun, plural venae [vee-nee] /ˈvi ni/ (Show IPA). Anatomy. 1. a vein. noun (pl) -nae (-niː) 1. (anatomy) a technical word for vein vena ve·na (vē’nə) n. pl. ve·nae (-nē) A vein.

• Venae cavernosae penis

  venae cavernosae penis venae cav·er·no·sae pe·nis (kāv’ər-nō’sē pē’nĭs) pl.n. The cavernous venous spaces in the erectile tissue of the penis.

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