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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 liver
Familiarity information: HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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