retrohepatic

English

Etymology

retro- +‎ hepatic

Adjective

retrohepatic (not comparable)

  1. Behind the liver
    • 2015 June 18, Hirofumi Sonoda et al., “Complete Surgical Resection of a Leiomyosarcoma Arising from the Inferior Vena Cava”, in Case Reports in Medicine‎, volume 2015, DOI:10.1155/2015/342148:
      The location of the tumor at the interrenal and retrohepatic IVC allowed the tumor to be completely resected en bloc.

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