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portal vein

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
por-tal vein
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

portal veins (plural)

Synonyms

hepatic portal vein portal vena portae

Questions

What does portal vein mean?
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.

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