PORTACAVAL SHUNT

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

 II. (verb) 

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Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb portacaval shunt

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