infrahepatic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin īnferō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin īnfrābor. English infra- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós)bor. Late Latin hepaticusder. Middle English epatik English hepatic English infrahepatic From infra- + hepatic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Synonym 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 149: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, →DOI: