Hypertext Webster Gateway: "porta"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Porta \Por"ta\, n.; pl. {Port[ae]}. [L., a gate. See {Port} a
hole.] (Anat.)
(a) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels
and nerves enter; the hilus.
(b) The foramen of Monro. --B. G. Wilder.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

porta
n : an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; "the
orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the
heart" [syn: {orifice}, {opening}]


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