Meanings
- 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 195An 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 366–369Extending 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, →PMIDAntonyms: intrahepatic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOriginating or occurring outside the liver.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
- Proto-Italic*eksteros
- Latinexter
- Latinextrā
- Englishextra-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)yekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*yókʷr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*yêkʷər
- Ancient Greekἧπαρ (hêpar)
- Ancient Greekἡπατικός (hēpatikós)
- Late Latinhepaticus
- Middle Englishepatik
- Englishhepatic
- Englishextrahepatic
Translations
Czech extrahepatální, mimojaterní
- extrahepatálníoriginating or occurring outside the liver
- mimojaterníoriginating or occurring outside the liver
Cite this entry
extrahepatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrahepatic
“extrahepatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrahepatic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extrahepatic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrahepatic.
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