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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vena cava /ˌviːnə ˈkeɪvə/

▶noun (pl. venae cavae /ˌviːniː ˈkeɪviː/) each of two large veins carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart.

– origin C16: from L., lit. ‘hollow vein’.

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