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PORTAL CIRCULATION

\pˈɔːtə͡l sˌɜːkjʊlˈe͡ɪʃən], \pˈɔːtə‍l sˌɜːkjʊlˈe‍ɪʃən], \p_ˈɔː_t_əl s_ˌɜː_k_j_ʊ_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of PORTAL CIRCULATION

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The passage of the blood from the gastro-intestinal tract and spleen through the liver, and out by the hepatic vein.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The circulation through the portal vein and its capillaries.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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