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HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatic portal vein mean? 

HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. a short vein that carries blood into the liverplay

  Familiarity information: HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A short vein that carries blood into the liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hepatic portal vein; portal; portal vein; vena portae

Hypernyms ("hepatic portal vein" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Holonyms ("hepatic portal vein" is a part of...):

portal system (system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver)


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