portocaval

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"portocaval anastomosis"
"portocaval shunt"
"He divided extrahepatic portocaval shunts into two types: first, end-to-side shunts, where the portal vein (PV) terminates in the inferior vena cava (IVC), and the second, side-to-side shunts in which there is venous communication between a patent PV and the IVC."

From porto- + caval.

portacaval (alternative)

portosystemic

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