pore
(por)
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[L. porus fr. Gr. poros, passage.]
1. A minute opening, as one in a cell membrane or on an epithelial surface.
SEE: porus
2. The opening of the secretory duct of a sweat gland.
SEE: skin; SEE: stoma; SEE: sweat glands
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Pore." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733930/all/pore.
Pore. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733930/all/pore. Accessed December 13, 2024.
Pore. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733930/all/pore
Pore [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 13]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733930/all/pore.
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