simple past tense and past participle of portal

(Internet) Conversion into a portal.

(Internet) A website with various features and content of its own, but also with many links to other sites, its aim being that users would make it their home page.

(anatomy) A short, wide vein located in the abdominal cavity formed by the union of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins that channels blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to capillary beds in the liver.

plural of portal vein

plural of portal site

plural of portal triad

(anatomy) A distinctive component of a hepatic lobule, found running along each of the lobule's corners, that consists of branches of the hepatic artery proper, hepatic portal vein and bile ducts, as well as other structures.

Relating to the portal vein

(computer graphics) An algorithm for determining the visibility of objects in a three-dimensional world, based on partitioning the space into polygonal, generally convex regions that can be used to form generalizations about the visibility of objects within those regions.