retrohepatic

English

Etymology

From retro- +‎ hepatic.

Adjective

retrohepatic (not comparable)

1. Behind the liver
   • 2015 June 18, Hirofumi Sonoda et al., “Complete Surgical Resection of a Leiomyosarcoma Arising from the Inferior Vena Cava”, in Case Reports in Medicine‎^[1], volume 2015, →DOI:

     The location of the tumor at the interrenal and retrohepatic IVC allowed the tumor to be completely resected en bloc.

Anagrams

• heteropatric