Found 2 items, similar to Porta.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: porta
porta
n : an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity;
“the
orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the
heart” [syn:
orifice,
opening]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Porta
Porta
\Por"ta\, n.; pl.
Port[ae]. [L., 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.
[1913 Webster]