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hepatocanalicular

hepatocanalicular adjective: relating to the canaliculi of the liver.

Adjective

hepatocanalicular (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the canaliculi of the liver
    • Cholestasis is defined as an impairment of normal bile flow and is divided into extra-hepatic cholestasis and intra-hepatic cholestasis, the latter can be of hepatocanalicular or ductal origin.2015 December 18, “Genetics and Molecular Modeling of New Mutations of Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis in a Single Italian Center”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hepatocanalicular

From hepato- + canalicular.

Questions about hepatocanalicular

What does hepatocanalicular mean?
Hepatocanalicular means relating to the canaliculi of the liver.
What part of speech is hepatocanalicular?
Hepatocanalicular is an adjective.

Words near hepatocanalicular in the dictionary

  1. hepatoblast
  2. hepatoblastic
  3. hepatoblastoma
  4. hepatoblastomas
  5. hepatoblasts
  6. hepatocanalicular
  7. hepatocarcinogen
  8. hepatocarcinogenesis
  9. hepatocarcinogenetic
  10. hepatocarcinogenic
  11. hepatocarcinogenicity

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