Assertion: shunt | /r/HasProperty | created
Facets:
value: surgically
type: MANNER
value: between the portal vein
type: LOCATION
value: between the inferior vena cava
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: portacaval shunt (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)
text: an arteriovenus shunt Hypernyms ("shunt" is a kind of...): passage; passageway (a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shunt"): bypass (a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part))