Definition of Precaval

1. precava [adj] - See also: precava

Lexicographical Neighbors of Precaval

precatory
precaucus
precaudal
precaution
precautional
precautionarily
precautionary
precautioned
precautioning
precautions
precautious
precautiously
precautiousness
precava
precavae
precaval (current term)
precedaneous
precede
preceded
precedence
precedences
precedencies
precedency
precedent
precedented
precedentedly
precedential
precedentially
precedenting
precedently

Literary usage of Precaval

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1875)
"NOTES ON THE PRESENCE OF TWO precaval VEINS IN A DOG. BY MAGNUS R. SIMPSON, Student of Medicine, University of Edinburgh. IN the dog, as in the human ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"427; and indeed the precaval system is chiefly brought into communication ... ultimately opening into the precaval by a short trunk which penetrates the ..."

3. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"In Cetacea the left cardinal and precaval veins are reduced to the condition of a coronary sinus which is large ; the blood from the head and fins is ..."

4. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"... the neighbouring parts of the oesophagus and of the thoracic duct of the lymphatic system, the roots of the great arteries and the veins of the precaval ..."

5. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"cavity, receiving the segmental or vertebral veins, and terminates in the left precaval vein. The jugular and the axillary trunks unite to form a ..."

6. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"cavity, receiving the segmental or vertebral veins, and terminates in the left precaval vein. The jugular and the axillary trunks unite to form a ..."

7. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"Follow them to the lungs and note their distribution. Exercise 18. Draw the dorsal aspect of the heart with the veins just mentioned. The precaval system. ..."

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