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in Anatomy, the name of a vein, the largest in the body, terminating in the right ventricle of the heart. See Anatomy Index.

a considerable and populous town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, and in the Hither Principality, with a bishop's see. It is situated at the foot of Mount Metelian, in E. Long. 15. 5. N. Lat. 40. 40.