Portal

{por’-tal) \_porta, gate]. Pertaining to the porta or hilus of an organ, especially to the porta hepatis, or to the vein entering at the porta hepatis (P. vein). P. Circulation, the pa age of blood from the stomach, spleen, and intestines through the portal vein and the liver. P. Fi ure. See Fi ure. P. Vein, the large vein entering the liver at the transverse fi ure, and bringing to it the blood from the digestive tract and the spleen. 517