porta

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noun

The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilum.

Similar
orificeopening
OriginLatin porta →
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Meanings

porta1

nounporta (plural portae)

plural portae

  1. anatomyThe part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilum.
  2. anatomyThe foramen of Monro.

    the porta permits the passage of injection mass from the aula into the procælia

    1882, Burt Green Wilder, Anatomical Technology

Porta2

proper nounPorta (plural Portas)

plural Portas

  1. A surname.
proper nounPorta (uncountable)
  1. Philippinesabbreviationcolloquialellipsisuncountablechiefly BaguioEllipsis of Porta Vaga: a mall in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

Similar
orificeopening
Broader
passagepassageway
Also see
hilumopeningorifice

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinporta“a gate”
  2. Englishporta

Borrowed from Latin porta (“a gate”). See port.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Pratoaporttrapo
Cite this entry
APA

porta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porta

MLA

“porta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porta. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porta.

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