portal system

1. 1.

   system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver

   Broadervascular system

   Partsportal vein

Questions about portal system

What does portal system mean?

portal system means "system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver".

Is portal system a common word?

portal system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.