portalization

English

Etymology

portal +‎ -ization

Noun

portalization (uncountable)

1. (Internet) Conversion into a portal.
   • 2002, Greg Elmer, Critical Perspectives on the Internet, page x:

     […] and an ongoing process of Net "portalization" (the growth of one stop or more aptly, first stop — shopping and search sites such as Yahoo, Excite, MSN, etc.).

   • 2021, Paul McDonald, Courtney Brannon Donoghue, Timothy Havens, Digital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines, page 148:

     These developments are framed conceptually by the distinctions between platforms and portals and, in turn, the processes of platformization and portalization.

2. (medicine) The routing of nerves and/or blood vessels through a port.
   • 2017, Govind Nandakumar, Evidence Based Practices in Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Surgery, page 19:

     Evaluation of the hepatic veins with color Doppler may demonstrate portalization of hepatic vein with loss of the normal triphasic pattern, a flattened hepatic vein, or turbulence if the hepatic vein is compressed.