Hemiliver
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hemiliver is a noun meaning (anatomy) Half of the liver.
Meaning
(anatomy) Half of the liver.
Example Sentences
If this were so, he argues the left hemiliver would be deprived of depatotrophic factors, thought to come principally from the pancreas.
In addition, the diseased hemiliver acts as a transitory auxiliary liver that assists the growing FLR in metabolic, synthetic and detoxifying functions for the first and critical week after liver partition.
The main portal scissura (Cantle's line), which divides the liver into left and right hemilivers, lies along a line 75° from the horizontal plane opened to the left of the ex vivo liver, beginning at the IVC.
Word Forms
- hemilivers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hemiloop, hemihepatecomy, hemicerebrum, hemilayer, hepatica, halfe.
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