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.
postcava n : receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins [syn: {inferior vena cava}]