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hepatopulmonary syndrome

hepatopulmonary syndrome noun: a syndrome of shortness of breath and hypoxemia caused by vasodilation in the lungs of patients with liver disease.

Noun

hepatopulmonary syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A syndrome of shortness of breath and hypoxemia caused by vasodilation in the lungs of patients with liver disease.

Questions about hepatopulmonary syndrome

What does hepatopulmonary syndrome mean?
Hepatopulmonary syndrome means a syndrome of shortness of breath and hypoxemia caused by vasodilation in the lungs of patients with liver disease.
What part of speech is hepatopulmonary syndrome?
Hepatopulmonary syndrome is a noun.

Words near hepatopulmonary syndrome in the dictionary

  1. hepatoprotectors
  2. hepatoprotein
  3. hepatoproteins
  4. hepatoptosis
  5. hepatopulmonary
  6. hepatopulmonary syndrome
  7. hepatoregenerative
  8. hepatorenal
  9. hepatorenal syndrome
  10. hepatorenoprotective
  11. hepatorrhagia

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