retrohepatic en · ADJ
Etymology
From retro- + hepatic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Behind the liver
The location of the tumor at the interrenal and retrohepatic IVC allowed the tumor to be completely resected en bloc.
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: