name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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"

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

hilumhilumopeningorificeorifice

Example

More examples

"The ancient public spa was built in the first century A.D. just off the Porta Marina, the gate to the harbor of Pompeii."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

foramen of monro

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