extrahepatic

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adjective

Originating or occurring outside the liver.

“Research is needed to define extrahepatic processes for uptake and distribution.”

Opposite
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Meanings

adjectiveextrahepatic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOriginating or occurring outside the liver.

    Research is needed to define extrahepatic processes for uptake and distribution.

    3 more examples

    Extrahepatic duct abscess causes biliary colic, hepatic tenderness, vomiting, and intestinal disturbance.

    1886, Henry Morris, “VI. Injuries and Diseases of the Abdomen”, in Frederick Treves, editor, A Manual of Surgery. In Treatises by Various Authors. In Three Volumes (Manuals for Students of Medicine), volume III, London; Paris; New York; Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited, via the Internet Archive, retrieved 17 Aug 2026, page 195

    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.

    1960 September 24, Edwin R. Fisher, Harold R. Hellstrom, Bernard Fisher, “Rarity of Hepatic Metastases in Cirrhosis — A Misconception”, in Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 174, number 4, →DOI, →PMID, pages 366–369

    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.

    2026 September 10, Zhengyue Li, Shuai Guo, Yuanyu Huang, “Advances in RNA delivery to extrahepatic tissues and cells”, in Journal of Controlled Release, volume 397, →DOI, →PMID

    Antonyms: intrahepatic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOriginating or occurring outside the liver.

Opposite

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yekʷ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*yókʷr̥
  10. Proto-Hellenic*yêkʷər
  11. Ancient Greekἧπαρ (hêpar)
  12. Ancient Greekἡπατικός (hēpatikós)
  13. Late Latinhepaticus
  14. Middle Englishepatik
  15. Englishhepatic
  16. Englishextrahepatic

From extra- + hepatic.

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Translations

Czech extrahepatální, mimojaterní
  • extrahepatálníoriginating or occurring outside the liver
  • mimojaterníoriginating or occurring outside the liver
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APA

extrahepatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrahepatic

MLA

“extrahepatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrahepatic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extrahepatic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrahepatic.

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