portosystemic
portosystemic adjective: relating to, or connecting the portal and systemic venous circulation systems.
Adjective
portosystemic (not comparable)
- Relating to, or connecting the portal and systemic venous circulation systems.
- portosystemic anastomosis
- portosystemic shunt
Forms of portosystemic
| alternative form | portasystemic |
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Origin of portosystemic
From porto- + systemic or porto- + system + -ic.
Words formed from portosystemic
- portosystemic anastomosis
- portosystemic encephalopathy
- portosystemic shunt
- transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
Words that rhyme with portosystemic
- academic
- epidemic
- chemic
- demic
- endemic
- polemic
- infodemic
- pandemic
- philodemic
- philopolemic
- plandemic
- postpandemic
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- systemic
- alchemic
- allelochemic
- anthemic
- anti-epidemic
- antiacademic
- antiepidemic
- chemick
- chernozemic
- chronosystemic
- diasystemic
- ecoepidemic
- electrochemic
- endemoepidemic
- eudemic
- geochemic
- haremic
- holoendemic
- hyperendemic
- hyperepidemic
- hypoendemic
- interacademic
- interepidemic
- interpandemic
- intraepidemic
- intrapandemic
- mesoendemic
- microendemic
- microepidemic
- monosystemic
- multisystemic
- myxedemic
- near-endemic
- non-academic
- nonacademic
- nonendemic
- nonepidemic
- nonpandemic
- nonsystemic
- palaeoendemic
- paleoendemic
- panepidemic
- photochemic
- pingdemic
- polemick
- polydemic
- polysystemic
- portasystemic
Questions about portosystemic
- What does portosystemic mean?
- Portosystemic means relating to, or connecting the portal and systemic venous circulation systems.
- What part of speech is portosystemic?
- Portosystemic is an adjective.
Words near portosystemic in the dictionary
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