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PORTACAVAL SHUNT
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I. (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
Classified under:
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)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb portacaval shunt
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