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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vena  \Ve"na\,  n.;  pl  {Ven[ae]}.  [L.  See  {Vein}.] 
  A  vein. 
 
  {Vena  cava};  pl  {Ven[ae]  cav[ae]}.  [L.,  literally,  hollow 
  vein.]  (Anat.)  Any  one  of  the  great  systemic  veins 
  connected  directly  with  the  heart. 
 
  {Vena  contracta}.  [L.,  literally,  contracted  vein.] 
  (Hydraulics)  The  contracted  portion  of  a  liquid  jet  at  and 
  near  the  orifice  from  which  it  issues. 
 
  {Vena  port[ae]};  pl  {Ven[AE]  port[ae]}.  [L.,  literally,  vein 
  of  the  entrance.]  (Anat.)  The  portal  vein  of  the  liver. 
  See  under  {Portal}.




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