vena cava vs superior vena cava

vena cava and superior vena cava both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vena cava	Yes	No	No	No
superior vena cava	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, superior vena cava is a hyponym of vena cava; that is, superior vena cava is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vena cava:

vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
superior vena cava: receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins

Other hyponyms of vena cava include inferior vena cava, postcava, precava.

vena cava (noun)	superior vena cava (noun)
either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart	receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins

vena cava vs superior vena cava

vena cava and superior vena cava both are nouns.

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