Meanings
- not comparableanatomySynonym of subhepatic.
At times, [the venous canal] ends in one of the infrahepatic veins.
1833, Robley Dunglison, A New Dictionary of Medical Science and Literature, volume I, Boston: Charles Bowen, via the Internet Archive, retrieved 17 Aug 2026, page 1491 more example
The bypass model, including active decompression of both infrahepatic cava and portal vein, allows a calm reconstruction phase of the suprahepatic caval and portal anastomoses even with extended clamping time due to unforeseen complications.
2015 May 7, Vinzent N. Spetzler et al., “Technique of Porcine Liver Procurement and Orthotopic Transplantation using an Active Porto-Caval Shunt”, in Journal of Visualized Experiments : JoVE, →DOISynonyms: subhepatic · Antonyms: suprahepatic
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Italic*ferō
- Latinferō
- Latinīnferō
- Latinīnfrā
- Englishinfra-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)yekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*yókʷr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*yêkʷər
- Ancient Greekἧπαρ (hêpar)
- Ancient Greekἡπατικός (hēpatikós)
- Late Latinhepaticus
- Middle Englishepatik
- Englishhepatic
- Englishinfrahepatic
Cite this entry
infrahepatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrahepatic
“infrahepatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrahepatic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infrahepatic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrahepatic.
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