name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
porta
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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CMU ARPABET: P AO1 R T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Ellipsis of Porta Vaga: a mall in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, uncountable
Qualifier: chiefly Baguio
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noun
Meaning 3
The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
The foramen of Monro.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: orifice, opening
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passage, passageway
Narrower terms: vent, blastopore, aortic orifice, stoma, porta hepatis, spiracle, mouth, os, cervix, uterine cervix, cervix uteri, fenestra, cardia, introitus, urethral orifice, external orifice, pylorus, anus, fontanelle, fontanel, soft spot, naris, rima
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin porta (“a gate”). See port.