portacaval shunt

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   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

   Broadershunt

Questions about portacaval shunt

What does portacaval shunt mean?

portacaval shunt means "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".

Is portacaval shunt a common word?

portacaval shunt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.