portocaval

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Etymology

From porto- +‎ caval.

Adjective

portocaval (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Relating to the portal vein and the vena cava.
    portocaval anastomosis
    portocaval shunt
    • 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, →DOI:
      He divided extrahepatic portocaval shunts into two types: first, end-to-side shunts, where the portal vein (PV) terminates in the inferior vena cava (IVC), and the second, side-to-side shunts in which there is venous communication between a patent PV and the IVC.

Translations

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poɾtokaˈbal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: por‧to‧ca‧val

Adjective

portocaval m or f (masculine and feminine plural portocavales)

  1. (anatomy) portocaval
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