"portal vein" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: portal veins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} portal vein (plural portal veins)
  1. (anatomy) A short, wide vein located in the abdominal cavity formed by the union of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins that channels blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to capillary beds in the liver. Wikipedia link: portal vein Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: hepatic portal vein Translations (particular vein): vena porta [feminine] (Catalan), vrátnicová žíla (Czech), porttilaskimo (Finnish), veine porte [feminine] (French), vea porta [feminine] (Galician), Pfortader [feminine] (German), májkapugyűjtőér (Hungarian), vena porta [feminine] (Italian), 門脈 (alt: もんみゃく,mon-myaku) (Japanese), vena portae [feminine] (Latin), xwînhênera derî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), portvenen (Norwegian Bokmål), żyła wrotna (Polish), veia porta [feminine] (Portuguese), venă portă [feminine] (Romanian), воротная вена (vorotnaja vena) (Russian), vena porta [feminine] (Spanish), portal ven (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-portal_vein-en-noun-6-v3EjPk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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