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portacaval

portacaval is the alternative form of portocaval.

Meaning of portocaval

Adjective

portocaval (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the portal vein and the vena cava.
    • portocaval anastomosis

Origin of portacaval

From porta- + caval or porta- + cava + -al.

Questions about portacaval

What is portacaval the alternative form of?
Portacaval is the alternative form of portocaval.

Words near portacaval in the dictionary

  1. portableness
  2. portables
  3. portably
  4. portacabin
  5. portacabins
  6. portacaval
  7. portace
  8. portaces
  9. portacot
  10. portacots
  11. portacrib

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Adapted from Wiktionary: portacaval (page history and authors); portocaval (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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