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