Associations to the word «Porta»

Wiktionary

PORTA, noun. (anatomy) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilum.
PORTA, noun. (anatomy) The foramen of Monro.

Dictionary definition

PORTA, noun. An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope