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PORTAL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does portal system mean? 

PORTAL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun PORTAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liverplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PORTAL SYSTEM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

System of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("portal system" is a kind of...):

vascular system (the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant)

Meronyms (parts of "portal system"):

hepatic portal vein; portal; portal vein; vena portae (a short vein that carries blood into the liver)


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