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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

;

pl.

Portæ

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[L., a gate. See

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.

See also: porta, portá, pòrta, and porta-

portà

From Latin portāre, present active infinitive of portō.

portà (third-person singular indicative puorta, third-person plural indicative porta)