hepatic portal vein

English Thesaurus

1. a short vein that carries blood into the liver (noun.body)

hypernym	:	vein, vena, venous blood vessel,
definition	:	a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (noun.body)

part meronym	:	portal system,
definition	:	system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver (noun.body)