PORTACAVAL SHUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does portacaval shunt mean? 

• PORTACAVAL SHUNT (noun)
  The noun PORTACAVAL SHUNT has 1 sense:

1. shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver

  Familiarity information: PORTACAVAL SHUNT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PORTACAVAL SHUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("portacaval shunt" is a kind of...):

shunt (a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another)