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portohepatic

portohepatic adjective: relating to, or connecting the portal vein and the hepatic vein; relating to the hepatic portal vein.

Adjective

portohepatic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or connecting the portal vein and the hepatic vein; relating to the hepatic portal vein
    • [ 4 ] “a persistence of portions of the omphalomesenteric (vitelline) venous system from the second month of fetal life is the most likely explanation for the portohepatic venous malformation.” Some small intrahepatic portosystemic shunts ( Table 1 ) located between the portal branches and hepatic...2015 July 14, Kalyan Paudel, Eric K. Hoffer, “Transhepatic Embolization of Congenital Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunts with Associated Aneurysms”, in Case Reports in Medicine, volume 2015...

Origin of portohepatic

From porto- + hepatic.

Questions about portohepatic

What does portohepatic mean?
Portohepatic means relating to, or connecting the portal vein and the hepatic vein; relating to the hepatic portal vein.
What part of speech is portohepatic?
Portohepatic is an adjective.

Words near portohepatic in the dictionary

  1. portogram
  2. portograms
  3. portographic
  4. portography
  5. Portogruaro
  6. portohepatic
  7. portoise
  8. portoises
  9. Portola
  10. Portola Valley
  11. portolan

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