Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prehepatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-hep-at-ic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

anterior to the liver.

adj

upstream of the liver in the circulation of the hepatic portal system; and thus, before the metabolic effect of the liver.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From pre- + hepatic.

Word Breakdown

Antonyms

posthepatic

Questions

What does prehepatic mean?
anterior to the liver.
Where does prehepatic come from?
From pre- + hepatic.

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