Meaning & use
hepatic vein
Any of the veins that carry deoxygenated blood from the liver into the inferior vena cava.
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A blockage in the hepatic vein can cause a rare condition called Budd-Chiari syndrome.
The surgeon carefully avoided the hepatic vein while removing the damaged section of liver.
A note on using this word
Hepatic veins differ from the hepatic portal vein, which carries nutrient-rich blood into the liver rather than out of it.
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