prehepatic

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prehepatic

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From pre- + hepatic.

adjective

not comparable anterior to the liver.
not comparable upstream of the liver in the circulation of the hepatic portal system; and thus, before the metabolic effect of the liver. Administration of intravenous edoxaban with and without rifampin may have differentiated the prehepatic versus hepatic effects of rifampin on parent and metabolite exposure.

Opposite: posthepatic

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"prehepatic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prehepatic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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prehepatic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prehepatic

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"prehepatic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prehepatic.

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@misc{prehepatic_2026,
  title = {prehepatic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prehepatic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}