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portoenterostomy

portoenterostomy noun: 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.

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

Forms of portoenterostomy

pluralportoenterostomies

Questions about portoenterostomy

What does portoenterostomy mean?
Portoenterostomy means 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.
What part of speech is portoenterostomy?
Portoenterostomy is a noun.
What is the plural of portoenterostomy?
The plural of portoenterostomy is portoenterostomies.

Words near portoenterostomy in the dictionary

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

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