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portal system

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
  2. (loosely) the hepatoportal system.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of portal system1

First recorded in 1850–55

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