Porta

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of Porta Vaga: a mall in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilum.
  2. 2
    an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity wordnet
  3. 3
    The foramen of Monro.

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

Etymology

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

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