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PORTAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
Example:
the portals of success
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("portal" is a kind of...):
entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway (something that provides access (to get in or get out))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A short vein that carries blood into the liver
Synonyms:
hepatic portal vein; portal; portal vein; vena portae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("portal" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Holonyms ("portal" is a part of...):
portal system (system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
Example:
a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc.
Synonyms:
portal; portal site
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("portal" is a kind of...):
internet site; site; web site; website (a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web)
Context examples:
It is associated with portal hypertension, scleroderma, and chronic renal failure.
(Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes the hepatic lobules, hepatic sinusoids, perisinusoidal spaces, and portal triad.
(Hepatic Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)
A groove or cleft on the surface of the gallbladder extending from the right portal vein to the gallbladder fossa.
(Fissure of the Gallbladder, NCI Thesaurus)
Every portal to success in literature is guarded by those watch-dogs, the failures in literature.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It is characterized by liver fibrosis, portal hypertension, and renal cysts.
(Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)
A blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood from the gallbladder and the cystic duct into the right branch of the portal vein.
(Cystic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
The enzymatically synthesized isoform, 1,3-isoform diacylglycerol, is suggested to decrease formation of chylomicrons as well as shunting them directly to the liver through the portal vein where they are oxidized.
(Diacylglycerol, NCI Thesaurus)
Wizards, who are the game heroes, need to prevent them from conquering the kingdom and seal the portal.
(Brazilian professor creates mobile game that combines fun with mathematics, Agência Brasil)
Lord John Roxton and I turned down Vigo Street together and through the dingy portals of the famous aristocratic rookery.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Taking a big golden key from a peg on the wall, he opened another gate, and they all followed him through the portal into the streets of the Emerald City.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
