Look up: porta

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   porta
   Latin, meaning: gate, entrance.
   Found on http://archives.nd.edu/ppp.htm
   
   
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   porta
   A gate. In a Roman camp there were 6 gates; the porta praetoria at the front of the camp, the porta decumana at the rear, the 2 portae principales, one at each end of the via principalis, and the portae quintanae at each end of the via quintana; in many forts some of these gates would be omitted, particulaly the portae quintanae. The gateways of th...
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   Porta
   Gate.
   Found on http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/glo_
   
   
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   Porta
   Por'ta noun ; plural Portæ . [ Latin , 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.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/130
   
   
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   porta
   Origin: L, a gate. See Port a hole. ... <anatomy> The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus. ... The foramen of Monro. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
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   Porta
   `Porta` can refer to: * Transverse fissure of the liver. * Porta Maggiore in Rome, Italy. * Porta Nigra in Trier, Germany. * Porta San Paolo in Rome, Italy. * A mobile GSM carrier of Ecuador owned by América Móvil.
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta
   
   
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   porta
   (por´tә) an entrance or gateway, especially the site where blood vessels and other supplying or draining structures enter an organ; called also portal. porta hepatis the transverse fissure on the visceral surface of the liver, where the portal vein and hepatic artery enter and...
   Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
   
   
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   Porta
   • (n.) The foramen of Monro. • (n.) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.
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