Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Körperhohlvene

English translation:

vena cava

Added to glossary by Kim Metzger
Mar 2, 2006 17:52
18 yrs ago
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German term

Körperhohlvene

German to English Medical Zoology Frogs
"Das Herz besteht aus drei Kammern - zwei Vorkammern und einer Hauptkammer. Das Blut gelangt durch die Lungenvenen und die große Körperhohlvene in das Herz. In der Hauptkammer vermischen sich arterielles und venöses Blut."

I've got a number of translations from LEO (can I say that on here?), but I have no idea which is the right one.

Cheers in advance!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 vena cava
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Mar 2, 2006 18:09: Ingo Dierkschnieder changed "Field" from "Science" to "Medical"

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vena cava

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Deutsche Herzstiftung - Lexikon - [ Translate this page ]
Vena cava:(Körperhohlvene); Obere und untere Hohlvene; Sammelvene, die das sauerstoffarme Blut aus der oberen oder unteren Körperhälfte in den rechten ...

http://www.herzstiftung.de/lexikon.php


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Note added at 9 mins (2006-03-02 18:02:31 GMT)
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Vena cava:(Körperhohlvene); Obere und untere Hohlvene; Sammelvene, die das sauerstoffarme Blut aus der oberen oder unteren Körperhälfte in den rechten Vorhof leitet.

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Peer comment(s):

agree John Speese : I agree, vena cava, it's one of those medical/anatomical/scientific terms for which there is a German name but no English one (we just use the Latin term).
21 mins
But we do have caval vein: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d...
agree Anne Schulz
3 hrs
agree Steffen Walter
14 hrs
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