portal vein

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.

Similar
hepatic portal veinportalvena portae
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Meanings

nounportal vein (plural portal veins)

plural portal veins

  1. anatomyA 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.

    Synonyms: hepatic portal vein

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
hepatic portal vein

More synonyms by meaning

nouna short vein that carries blood into the liver

Similar
hepatic portal veinportalvena portae
Broader
veinvenavenous blood vessel
Also see
hepatic portal veinportal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan vena porta
  • vena portaparticular vein
Chinese Mandarin 門靜脈 /门静脉
  • 門靜脈 /门静脉 (ménjìngmài)particular vein
Czech vrátnicová žíla
  • vrátnicová žílaparticular vein
Finnish porttilaskimo
  • porttilaskimoparticular vein
French veine porte
  • veine porteparticular vein
German Pfortader
  • Pfortaderparticular vein
Greek πυλαία φλέβα
  • πυλαία φλέβα (pylaía fléva)particular vein
Hungarian májkapugyűjtőér
  • májkapugyűjtőérparticular vein
Italian vena porta
  • vena portaparticular vein
Japanese 門脈
  • 門脈particular vein
Latin vena portae
  • vena portaeparticular vein
Norwegian Bokmål portvenen
  • portvenenparticular vein
Polish żyła wrotna
  • żyła wrotnaparticular vein
Portuguese veia porta
  • veia portaparticular vein
Romanian venă portă
  • venă portăparticular vein
Russian воротная вена
  • воротная вена (vorotnaja vena)particular vein
Spanish vena porta
  • vena portaparticular vein
Swedish portåder
  • portåderparticular vein
Turkish portal ven
  • portal venparticular vein
Vietnamese tĩnh mạch cửa
  • tĩnh mạch cửaparticular vein
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portal vein. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portal%20vein

MLA

“portal vein.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portal%20vein. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “portal vein,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portal%20vein.

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