Porta

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Porta \Por"ta\, n.; pl. {Port[ae]}. [L., a gate. See {Port} a
     hole.] (Anat.)
     (a) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels
         and nerves enter; the hilus.
     (b) The foramen of Monro. --B. G. Wilder.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  porta
       n : an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; "the
           orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the
           heart" [syn: {orifice}, {opening}]