poro-, por-, pori- +
(Greek > Latin > Old French: passageway, used primarily as "a pore, a small orifice"; opening; cavity, tract)
Loss of bone tissue following trauma (physical damage to the body); especially, when there is damage to a nerve supplying the injured area.The condition of posttraumatic osteoporosis may also be caused by disuse secondary to pain.
One of the external openings of taste buds on the tongue: The reason why little Susy could enjoy her ice cream so much was because of the many taste pores allowing dissolved ice cream (or food) to come in contact with the taste receptors.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract, tube": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; coelio-; concho-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; urethro-; vagino-; ventricul-.
