portocaval
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editportocaval (not comparable)
- (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[1], volume 2015, :
- 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.
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editrelating to the portal vein and the vena cava
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editportocaval m or f (masculine and feminine plural portocavales)
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