- postcaval
- adjective see postcava
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
postcaval
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Postcaval — Postcava Post ca va, n.; pl. {Postcav[ae]} . [NL. See {Post }, and {Cave}, n.] (Anat.) The inferior vena cava. {Post ca val}, a. B. G. Wilder. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
postcaval — Relating to the inferior vena cava … Medical dictionary
postcaval — post·caval … English syllables
postcaval — adjective see postcava … Useful english dictionary
postcaval lymph nodes — nodi lymphoidei retrocavales … Medical dictionary
postcaval shunt — portacaval s … Medical dictionary
postcaval ureter — retrocaval ureter a congenital anomaly in which the right ureter passes posterior to the inferior vena cava and curves around it back to the usual anterior position for descent to the bladder. Called also circumcaval u … Medical dictionary
circumcaval ureter — postcaval u … Medical dictionary
postcava — postcaval, adj. /pohst kay veuh, kah /, n., pl. postcavae / kay vee, kah vuy/. See under vena cava. [1865 70; POST + (VENA) CAVA] * * * … Universalium
animal development — Introduction the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by … Universalium
