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Webster 1913 Edition
Porta
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Por′ta
,Noun.
pl.
Portæ
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. [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.