porosis

porosis
A porous condition. SYN: porosity (1). [L. porosus, porous]
- cerebral p. a porous condition of the brain caused by postmortem growth of Clostridium perfringens or other gas-forming organisms in the tissue.

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po·ro·sis pə-'rō-səs n, pl po·ro·ses -.sēz or porosises a condition (as of a bone) characterized by porosity specif rarefaction (as of bone) with increased translucency to X-rays

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po·ro·sis (pə-roґsis) [Gr. poros passage] cavity formation.

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