porta Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
    orifice; opening.
    • the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart

WordNet

Por"ta noun
Etymology
L., a gate. See Port a hole.
Wordforms
plural Portæ
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913