Search Result for "portacaval shunt":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

portacaval shunt
    n 1: 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