por·tal (pôr tl, p r-)n. 1. A doorway, entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing. 2. An entrance or a means of entrance: the local library, a portal of knowledge. 3. The portal vein. 4. A website considered as an entry point to other websites, often by being or providing access to a search engine. adj. 1. Of or relating to the portal vein or the portal system. 2. Of or relating to a point of entrance to an organ, especially the transverse fissure of the liver, through which the blood vessels enter. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin port  le, city gate, from neuter of portlis, of a gate, from Latin porta, gate; see per-2 in Indo-European roots. N., sense 3 and adj., from New Latin porta (hepatis), transverse fissure (of the liver), literally gate of the liver, perhaps ultimately translation of Akkadian bb (ekalli), gate (of the palace), umbilical fissure of the liver (next to the transverse fissure).] |
portal [ˈpɔːtəl]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) an entrance, gateway, or doorway, esp one that is large and impressive
2. any entrance or access to a place
adj
1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) Computing an Internet site providing links to other sites
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy
a. of or relating to a portal vein hepatic portal system
b. of or relating to a porta
[via Old French from Medieval Latin portāle, from Latin porta gate, entrance]
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| Noun | 1. |  portal - a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically); "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success"entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" |
| 2. | portal - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc." internet site, web site, website, site - a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; "the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers" | |
| 3. | portal - a short vein that carries blood into the liver portal system - system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood" |
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