extrahepatic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.28 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Originating or occurring outside the liver.
Example Sentences
- "Extrahepatic duct abscess causes biliary colic, hepatic tenderness, vomiting, and intestinal disturbance."
- "An analysis of 2,865 consecutive autopsies revealed, contrary to current belief, that the incidence of hepatic metastases from primary extrahepatic carcinoma of various sites was not statistically different in persons with Laennec's or nutritional cirrhosis from that encountered in non-cirrhotics."
- "Extending RNA delivery beyond the liver demands solutions to challenges that have no hepatic parallel, including […] the absence of any extrahepatic receptor-ligand system matching the efficiency and recyclability of the GalNAc-ASGPR axis."
- "Research is needed to define extrahepatic processes for uptake and distribution."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós)bor. Late Latin hepaticusder. Middle English epatik English hepatic English extrahepatic From extra- + hepatic.