postsinusoidal

English

Etymology

post- + sinusoidal

Adjective

postsinusoidal (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) downstream of a sinusoid
    • 2015 November 3, “Portal Hyperperfusion after Extended Hepatectomy Does Not Induce a Hepatic Arterial Buffer Response (HABR) but Impairs Mitochondrial Redox State and Hepatocellular Oxygenation”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0141877:
      For estimation of volumetric blood flow, red blood cell (RBC) velocity and the respective vessel diameters were measured within 7–10 individual sinusoids and 5 postsinusoidal venules per animal [7 ].
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