Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun portal_vein

1 sense of portal vein

Sense 1
portal vein, hepatic portal vein, portal, vena portae -- (a short vein that carries blood into 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")