Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

posthepatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pos-thep-at-ic
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

posterior to the liver.

adj

downstream of the liver in the circulation of the hepatic portal system; and thus, after the metabolic effect of the liver.

Etymology

From post- + hepatic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Antonyms

prehepatic

Questions

What does posthepatic mean?: posterior to the liver.
Where does posthepatic come from?: From post- + hepatic.

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