Robert Town is quoted in a major Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article exploring the unusually high costs of some hospital care in its region of Wisconsin. Town, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Health Care Management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and an LDI Senior Fellow.
Definitions for porousËpÉr És, ËpoÊr-. porous(adj) able to absorb fluids. the partly porous walls of our digestive system; compacting the soil to make it less porous. porous, poriferous(adj) full of pores or vessels or holes. holey, porous(adj) allowing passage in and out.
pore 1. intr.v. pored, porÂ·ing, pores. 1. To read, study, or examine something carefully and attentively: pored over the documents in search of evidence. 2. pore is a small hole in the skin of a person or animal. There was dirt in the pores around his nose. 2. 'pore over'. If you pore over something such as a piece of writing or a map, you examine it carefully. We spent hours poring over travel brochures.