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precava

precava is the alternative form of praecava.

Meaning of praecava

Noun

praecava (plural praecavae)

  1. (obsolete) The superior vena cava.

Forms of precava

pluralprecavae

Questions about precava

What is precava the alternative form of?
Precava is the alternative form of praecava.

Words near precava in the dictionary

  1. precautioning
  2. precautions
  3. precautious
  4. precautiously
  5. precautiousness
  6. precava
  7. precavae
  8. precaval
  9. precavals
  10. precedable
  11. precedaneous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: precava (page history and authors); praecava (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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