porously
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po·rous
(pôr′əs)adj.
1. 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 porōsus, from Latin porus, passage; see pore2.]
po′rous·ly adv.
po′rous·ness n.
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