Definitions for postcava

postcava post·ca·va

Spelling: [pohst-key-vuh, -kah-]
IPA: /poʊstˈkeɪ və, -ˈkɑ-/

Postcava is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 245 anagrams from letters in postcava (aacopstv).

Definitions for postcava

noun

  1. See under vena cava.
  2. 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 parts below the diaphragm.

Origin of postcava

1865-70; post- + (vena) cava

Examples for postcava

The postcava now carries the blood from the kidneys directly to the heart.

The termination of the hepatic veins in the postcava corresponds to the stage shown in schema Fig. 256.

To the right auricle come three large veins, the right and left prcav and the postcava.

The inter-renal segment of the postcava receives the revehent renal-portal veins.

The postcava is well developed, formed by large efferent renal veins.

The postcava enters the liver in a special prolongation of the liver substance (caval lobe).

(b) With hepatic veins and postcava by the ductusvenosus (Figs. 258 and 271).

(b) The ven hepatic revehentes do not empty directly into the sinus venosus, but into the proximal portion of the postcava.

The distal portions of the postcardinal veins form the efferent renal branches and the ascending trunks of the postcava.

Word Value for postcava
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15

Words with friends

18

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