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.
Nonporous Defined. Nonporous simply describes something that is not permeable to air, water or other fluids. If a surface such as a countertop is nonporous, it simply cannot contain any air or water within it. Pores are minute openings or crevices that allow air and water to flow to and fro; nonporous surfaces do just the opposite.