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postductal

postductal adjective: distal to or downstream of a ductus (for example, the ductus arteriosus).

Adjective

postductal (not comparable)

  1. Distal to or downstream of a ductus (for example, the ductus arteriosus).
    • Aortic coarctation is congenital focal narrowing of the aorta in the region of the ductus arteriosus. It may be preductal (proximal to the ductus, illustrated on the right [in the original]), periductal, or postductal.2013, Jacob Mandell, Core Radiology: A Visual Approach to Diagnostic Imaging (Cambridge Medicine), →ISBN, page 769

Origin of postductal

From post- + ductal.

Questions about postductal

What does postductal mean?
Postductal means distal to or downstream of a ductus (for example, the ductus arteriosus).
What part of speech is postductal?
Postductal is an adjective.

Words near postductal in the dictionary

  1. postdrilling
  2. postdromal
  3. postdrome
  4. postdromes
  5. postdrug
  6. postductal
  7. postdural
  8. postdynastic
  9. postdysenteric
  10. poste restante
  11. poste-haste

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