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      [Noun]  | "portal vein" 


      1: a vein that collects blood from one part of the body and distributes it in another through capillaries; especially : a vein carrying blood from the digestive organs and spleen to the liver


      Origin: 1765 ;

       {see: |portal:2|portal:2};

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       [ "hepatic portal vein" ]

      1: blood from the capillaries in the villi in the small intestine converge in the hepatic portal vein. it then transports the blood to the liver and then to the rest of the body

        * e.g.,  ... imagine using the urban dictionary to revise hepatic portal vein 

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