portal vein
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Related to hepatic portal vein: external iliac vein, hepatic artery, splenic vein, Hepatic portal system, hepatic portal circulation
portal vein
[′pȯrd·əl ‚vān] (anatomy)
Any vein that terminates in a network of capillaries.
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