Medical Term:
portal system
Definition
a system of vessels in which blood, after passing through one capillary bed, is conveyed through a second capillary network, as in the hepatic portal system in which blood from the intestines passes through the liver sinusoids.
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
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