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]