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.
Admitting the passage of gas or liquid through pores or interstices. 2. Easily crossed or penetrated: a porous border. [Middle English, from Old French poreux, poros, from Medieval Latin porÅsus, from Latin porus, passage; see pore2.] poâ²rousÂ·ly adv.