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Definition of precaval - 2 dictionary results

pre⋅ca⋅va

  [pree-key-vuh, -kah-]
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–noun, plural -ca⋅vae  [-key-vee, -kah-vahy] .
1. See under vena cava.
2. (in squids) either of a pair of veins that pass through the kidney to the branchial heart.
Origin:
1865–70; pre- + ( vena ) cava

Related forms:
pre⋅ca⋅val, adjective
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precava pre·ca·va (prē-kā'və, -kä'-)
n. pl pre·ca·vae (-vē)
See superior vena cava.

pre·ca'val adj.

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