Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun portacaval_shunt

1 sense of portacaval shunt

Sense 1
portacaval shunt -- (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)
       => shunt -- (a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt")