portal of entry

collocation in English

meaningsofportalandentry

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portal
adjective
uk
/ˈpɔː.təl/us
/ˈpɔːr.t̬əl/
anatomy,medicalspecialized
relating to an opening to an organ in the body, especially the opening where blood vessels (= thin tubes that carry blood) enter the liver (= a large organ that cleans ...
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entry
noun
uk
/ˈen.tri/us
/ˈen.tri/
the act of entering a place or joining a particular society ...
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(Definition ofportalandentryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On the other hand, the use of in-dwelling catheters and other invasive procedures creates a portalofentryin this ever-growing population prone to sepsis.
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Whatever the mechanism, our results suggest that the eye is an importantportalofentryof microsporidia into vertebrate hosts.
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In other words there should not be a singleportalofentryto the specialist register.
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Pharyngitis and conjunctivitis can also appear and can constitute theportalofentryfor the bacterium.
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People receive the disease through aportalofentry: mouth, nose, cut, or needle puncture.
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Noteworthy is theportalofentryinto the hall and the chapel interior.
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Some nerve agents are readily vaporized or aerosolized and the primaryportalofentryinto the body is the respiratory system.
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The most common route of spread from theportalofentryis the circulatory system, which the virus reaches via the lymphatic system.
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Special articulating instruments and access ports obviate the need to place trocars externally for triangulation, thus allowing the creation of a small, solitaryportalofentryinto the abdomen.
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Regulated portals of entry into the cell.
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In addition to a demonstrated role in signal transduction within the host cell, lipid rafts serve as portals of entry for various pathogens, including viruses, bacteria and their toxins.
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