Portal

Introduction: Portal

Description of Portal

Portal: (1) Relating to any porta or hilum, specifically to the porta hepatis and the portal vein. (2) The point of entry into the body of a pathogenic microorganism. SYN: port. [L. portalis, pertaining to a porta (gate)]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Portal: a short vein that carries blood into the liver.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Terms associated with Portal:

Terms Similar to Portal:

• portal vein
• hepatic portal vein
• vena portae

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Portal

• vein
• vena
• venous blood vessel

Source - WordNet 2.1

For a description of Portal, see:

• liver

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Portal

The following list attempts to classify Portal into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• vein,vena,venous blood vessel
• blood vessel
• vas,vessel
• tube,tube-shaped structure
• anatomical structure,bodily structure,body structure,complex body part,structure
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

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