portacaval shunt
Noun
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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 (synset 105555947)
is a type of: shunt - a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
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