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portal medical definition
adjective
- Of or relating to a porta or hilum.
- Of or relating to the portal vein or the portal system.
- Of or relating to a point of entrance to an organ, especially the transverse fissure of the liver, through which the blood vessels enter.
- The portal vein.
- The point of entry into the body of a pathogenic microorganism.
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