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portoenterostomies

portoenterostomies is the plural of portoenterostomy.

Meaning of portoenterostomy

Noun

portoenterostomy (plural portoenterostomies)

  1. A surgical procedure that connects the liver’s bile drainage area directly to the small intestine, allowing bile to drain when the normal bile ducts are blocked or absent.
    • A common pathophysiologic finding is failure to excrete bile from the liver on nuclear imaging, mandating surgical drainage with portoenterostomy.2015 September 18, “The Role of ARF6 in Biliary Atresia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about portoenterostomies

What is portoenterostomies the plural of?
Portoenterostomies is the plural of portoenterostomy.

Words near portoenterostomies in the dictionary

  1. portobiliary
  2. Portocarrero
  3. Portocarreros
  4. portocaval
  5. portoenteric
  6. portoenterostomies
  7. portoenterostomy
  8. Portoferraio
  9. Portofino
  10. portogram
  11. portograms

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