portosystemic
adjective
portosystemic is spelled P-O-R-T-O-S-Y-S-T-E-M-I-C: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, portosystemic means “Relating to, or connecting the portal and systemic venous circulation systems” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in portosystemic?
| Letters | 13: P-O-R-T-O-S-Y-S-T-E-M-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is portosystemic?
Portosystemic appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of portosystemic
- portasystemic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does portosystemic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to, or connecting the portal and systemic venous circulation systems.
portosystemic anastomosis
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does portosystemic come from?
From porto- + systemic or porto- + system + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).