portal vein

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noun Anatomy.

the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.

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Origin of portal vein

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby portal vein

portal circulation, portal frame, portal system, portal-to-portal, portal-to-portal pay, portal vein, portamento, portance, Port Angeles, Porta-Potti, port arms

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How to use portal vein in a sentence

The moment where they enter the spirit portal symbolizes their evolution from being friends to being a couple.
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“There is such a vein of intelligence and deeply steeped expertise among them,” he says.
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Whenever I look for a vein of sadness in Oliona it melts away.
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In the decade following World War I, Hopper settled on a vein of imagery that has been his special glory ever since.
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So in the vein of March Madness, here are my picks for the Final Four of the 2014 GOP championship of crazy.
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The first subject chosen by her for a picture was the "Portal of the Church of the Magdalene."
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The gigantic pylon, its shoulders breaking the sky four-square far overhead, seemed the prodigious portal of another world.
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Beside autocratic kingship it shines with a white light; it is obviously the portal of the future.
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Through it runs a vein about one vara wide, extending east and west for some distance.
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A vein of shrewd and humorous sarcasm, together with an under-current of quiet selfishness, made him a very pleasant companion. '
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British Dictionary definitions for portal vein

portal vein

noun

any vein connecting two capillary networks, esp in the liver (hepatic portal vein)

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