| porin | <protein> Transmembrane matrix proteins (37 kD) found in the outer membranes of gram-positive bacteria. Associate as trimers to form channels (1 nm diameter, ca 10exp5 per bacterium) through which hydrophilic molecules of up to 600D can pass. Similar porins are also found in outer mitochondrial membranes (VDAC, voltage dependent anion selective channel). (14 Oct 1997) |
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| porins | Protein molecules situated in the outer membrane of bacteria that, in dimeric or trimeric form, constitute a water-filled transmembrane channel allowing passage of ions and other small, relatively non-specific molecules. Porins are also found in mitochondria and plants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| poriomania | <psychiatry> A morbid impulse to wander or journey away from home. Origin: G. Poreia, a journey, + mania, frenzy (05 Mar 2000) |
| porion | The central point on the upper margin of the external auditory meatus; as a cephalometric landmark, it is located in the middle of the metal rods of the cephalometer. Origin: G. Poros, a passage (05 Mar 2000) |
| porism | 1. <geometry> A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions. 2. <geometry> A corollary. Three books of porisms of Euclid have been lost, but several attempts to determine the nature of these propositions and to restore them have been made by modern geometers. Origin: Gr. A thing procured, a deduction from a demonstration, fr. To bring, provide: cf. F. Porisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| porite | <zoology> Any coral of the genus Porites, or family Poritidae. An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched, others grow in large massive or globular forms. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A pore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pork tapeworm | Known formally as Taenia solium, contracted from undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm). Can grow to be 3-6 feet (0.9-1.8 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the armed tapeworm and the measly tapeworm. (12 Dec 1998) |
| porkwood | <botany> The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pornographic | Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pornography | 1. Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies. 2. <medicine> A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution. Origin: Gr. A harlot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pornolagnia | Sexual attraction toward prostitutes. Origin: G. Porne, prostitute, + lagneia, lust (05 Mar 2000) |
| poro- | 1. A pore, a duct, an opening. Origin: G. Poros (L. Porus), passageway 2. A doing through, a passing through. Origin: G. Poreia, a journey, passage 3. A callus; an induration. Origin: G. Poros, a kind of marble, a stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| porocele | An obsolete term for a hernia with indurated coverings. Origin: G. Poros, callus, + kele, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
| porocephaliasis | Infection with a species of the tongue worms Porocephalus. Synonym: porocephalosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Porocephalidae | A family of parasitic tongue worms (order Porocephalida, phylum Pentastomida) characterised by four hooks arranged in a curved line on either side of the mouth. Adults are found in the lungs of reptiles, and larvae or nymphs are found in the tissues of a great variety of vertebrates, including humans. See: Linguatulidae, Armillifer, Linguatula. Origin: G. Poros, pore, + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms :
Synonyms : Acute Porphyria, Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Acute Intermittent Porphyrias, Acute Porphyrias, Intermittent Porphyria, Acute, Intermittent Porphyrias, Acute, Porphyria, Acute, Porphyrias, Acute, Porphyrias, Acute Intermittent
Synonyms : Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria, Gunther Disease, Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyrias, Disease, Gunther, Disease, Gunther's, Erythropoietic Porphyria, Congenital, Erythropoietic Porphyrias, Erythropoietic Porphyrias, Congenital, Gunthers Disease
Synonyms : Erythrohepatic Porphyria, Erythrohepatic Porphyrias, Hepatoerythropoietic Porphyrias, Porphyrias, Erythrohepatic, Porphyrias, Hepatoerythropoietic
Synonyms : Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase Deficiency, Variegate Porphyria, Deficiencies, Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase
| Portuguese man-of-war |
large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
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| portion |
part: something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach" part: something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" parcel: the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians" share: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" fortune: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" dowry: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage helping: an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" assign: give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"
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| porousness |
porosity: the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
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| Porter |
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies doorkeeper: someone who guards an entrance United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910) United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946) a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars) carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists" a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
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| porto- |
port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
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| POR | cut of pork suitable for roasting |
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| POR | sausage containing pork |
| POR | pork loin muscle |
| POR | made with sauerkraut and caraway seeds and served with sour cream |
| POR | acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale |
| POR | chop cut from a hog |
| POR | a pig fattened to provide meat |
| POR | black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil |
| POR | made of lamb or pork |
| POR | man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim |
| POR | man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim |
| POR | creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire |