| hepatic prominence | The conspicuous external bulge appearing dorsocaudal to the cardiac prominence on the body of the human embryo at about the fourth week, indicating the precocious development of the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hepatic segments | Territories of the liver with independent portobilioarterial distribution or independent venous drainage. The naming of segments in the NA is based upon the portobilioarterial distribution. See: anterior segment, lateral segment, medial segment, posterior segment. Synonym: segmenta hepatis, segments of liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic steatosis | <radiology> Hyperalimentation, diabetes, Cushing disease, steroids, obesity, previous jejunal bypass, Reye syndrome, kwashiorkor, malnutrition (EtOH, chemo, RT), Crohn disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatic transplant | <surgery> Surgery to replace a disease liver with a healthy one from a donor. Over 1,000 are performed each year in the us. This procedure is technically quite difficult, since both vessels and biliary tract must be reattached to the new liver. most often indicated in those with long-term chronic hepatitis or congenital liver defects. Not usually performed in the situation of alcoholic cirrhosis or primary biliary cirrhosis. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hepatic triad | Branches of the portal vein, hepatic artery, and the biliary ducts bound together in the perivascular fibrous capsule or portal tract as they ramify within the substance of the liver. Synonym: hepatic triad, triad. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic vein thrombosis | Occlusion of the hepatic veins caused by thrombi or fibrous obliteration of the veins. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatic veins | Veins which drain the liver. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatic veno-occlusive disease | Blockage of the small- or medium-sized hepatic veins due to nonthrombotic subendothelial oedema which may progress to fibrosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatic venous segments | Each of the four territories of the liver separately drained by the hepatic veins. Synonym: hepatic venous segments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatica | Origin: NL. See Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds. 1. <botany> A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup. 2. <botany> Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hepatico- | See: hepat-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepaticodochotomy | Combined hepaticotomy and choledochotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepaticoduodenostomy | Establishme nt of a communication between the hepatic ducts and the duodenum. Synonym: hepatoduodenostomy. Origin: hepatico-+ duodenostomy (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepaticoenterostomy | Establishment of a communication between the hepatic ducts and the intestine. Synonym: hepatocholangioenterostomy. Origin: hepatico-+ enterostomy (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepaticogastrostomy | Establishment of a communication between the hepatic duct and the stomach. Origin: hepatico-+ gastrostomy (05 Mar 2000) |