cavæ

Plural of caval. caval (kā'val), a. and n. [L. cavus, hollow (see cavel ), + -al.] I. a. 1. In an at., hollow and comparatively large: as, a caval sinus. Specifically-2. Pertaining to the cavæ. vena and caval. See In II. n. A cava, or caval vein; either one of the two largest veins of the body, emptying blood into the right auricle of the heart. man these veins are commonly called superior and inferior cavals , or vena cava superior and inferior ; their more general names are precaval and postcaval. See these words, and cuts under heart and lung.