Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy, hollow and comparatively large: as, a caval sinus. Specifically
- Pertaining to the cavæ. See
vena and cava. - noun A cava, or caval vein; either one of the two largest veins of the body, emptying blood into the right auricle of the heart.
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Examples
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But for the rest of us, read the menus carefully for anything that says "caval" "or" cavallo ".
Veniceblog: 2004
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But for the rest of us, read the menus carefully for anything that says "caval" "or" cavallo ".
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Hydrops is secondary to vena caval obstruction and cardiac compression from large tumors causing an extreme mediastinal shift.
Bronchopulmonary sequestration and Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid 2010
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Ok, me l'hanno regalato e a caval donato ecc. ecc...
il blog: .:. Italian Wine Shop - Saper bere bene .:. (Focus Zuc di Volpe 2002 | Volpe Pasini | VENEZIA GIULIA) Decio Biavati 2006
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Or better, order up a nice steaming bowl of pastissada de caval (horsemeat soup) for that especially irritating travel companion.
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Or better, order up a nice steaming bowl of pastissada de caval (horsemeat soup) for that especially irritating travel companion.
Veniceblog: 2004
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Before the boy could reply, Trist answered himself, 'No, doubtless you are too well-born to have ever even heard of the simple pleasures a caval-laman may carry in his own pocket.
Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005
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A special contribution known to all surgeons today is Kocher's study of the mobilization of duodenum for exploration of the inferior caval vein and the head of the pancreas, today called the "Kocher mobilization".
Emil Theodor Kocher 1997
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This ligament, often feebly marked, is attached below to the margin of the vena-caval opening in the diaphragm, and above to the pericardium in front of and behind the root of the right lung.
VII. The Veins. 3d. The Veins of the Lower Extremity, Abdomen, and Pelvis 1918
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The vena caval foramen is the highest of the three, and is situated about the level of the fibrocartilage between the eighth and ninth thoracic vertebræ.
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