Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
spleen and thekidneys
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Examples
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In patients with gastroesophageal varices type 2, the afferent vein of the GV mostly came from the posterior gastric vein/short gastric vein (PGV/SGV), and the efferent vein was the azygos vein and gastric/splenorenal shunt.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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In patients with isolated GV, the main afferent vein was the PGV/SGV and the efferent vein was mainly the gastric/splenorenal shunt to the inferior vena cava.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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