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postsinusoidal

postsinusoidal adjective: downstream of a sinusoid.

Adjective

postsinusoidal (not comparable)

  1. Downstream of a sinusoid.
    • Using this catheter, the pressure gradient from the intrahepatic site (lobar venous pressure) to the post-hepatic venous site reflects the vascular tone at the postsinusoidal hepatic venous 'sphincters'.1996, Takashi Shimazu, Liver Innervation and the Neural Control of Hepatic Function, page 242
    • For estimation of volumetric blood flow, red blood cell (RBC) velocity and the respective vessel diameters were measured within 7–10 individual sinusoids and 5 postsinusoidal venules per animal [7 ].2015 November 3, “Portal Hyperperfusion after Extended Hepatectomy Does Not Induce a Hepatic Arterial Buffer Response (HABR) but Impairs Mitochondrial Redox State and Hepatocellular Oxygenation”, in...

Origin of postsinusoidal

From post- + sinusoidal.

Questions about postsinusoidal

What does postsinusoidal mean?
Postsinusoidal means downstream of a sinusoid.
What part of speech is postsinusoidal?
Postsinusoidal is an adjective.

Words near postsinusoidal in the dictionary

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  2. postshow
  3. postshower
  4. postsimulation
  5. postsingularity
  6. postsinusoidal
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  8. postsleep
  9. postslope
  10. postsnap
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