portocaval

English

Alternative forms

• portacaval

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^[1], 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.

Related terms

• portosystemic (portasystemic)

Translations

relating to the portal vein and the vena cava

• Spanish: portocaval

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾtokaˈbal/ [poɾ.t̪o.kaˈβ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: por‧to‧ca‧val

Adjective

portocaval m or f (masculine and feminine plural portocavales)

1. (anatomy) portocaval