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porta

/ ˈpɔːtə /

noun

  1. anatomy an aperture in an organ, such as the liver, esp one providing an opening for blood vessels


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Word History and Origins

Origin of porta1

C14: from Latin: gate, entrance

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Example Sentences

Following the Apatow references, Marge informs Homer that she needs to use the “Porta Potty.”

Cras rhoncus, massa ac mollis convallis, dui mauris porta nulla, in fringilla tortor orci sit amet est.

The train does not empty at Verona Porta Nuova as I hoped it might.

He has endured drive-by shootings, and a couple of weeks before we visited, his Porta-Johns were overturned.

Toutes lesquelles ceremonies acheves, on le porta en sepulture en vne ile l'cart loin de la terre ferme.

The internal block in the great court, joining the Porta della Carta to the east faade was built about 1462.

The Porta della Torre, the chief of the gates remaining, and leading out to the Milan road, rises five stories in air.

The direct road, the post road from Como, enters the city by the Porta Nuova.

The guy jerked me to my feet and I clown-walked to the very back of the truck, to a little boxed-in porta-john there.

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