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Pore may refer to:
Biology
Animal biology and microbiology
- Sweat pore, an anatomical structure of the skin of humans (and other mammals) used for secretion of sweat
- Canal pore, an anatomical structure that is part of the lateral line sense system of some aquatic organisms
- Gonopore, a genital pore present in some invertebrates, particularly insects
- Ozopore, the external discharge site of defensive glands in millipedes and some arachnids
- An opening across both inner and outer bacterial membranes, a part of many Gram-negative bacterial secretion systems
- One of the openings communicating with the skin surface at the terminus of lactiferous ducts in milk-producing mammals
Plant biology
- Germ pore, a small pore in the outer wall of a fungal spore through which the germ tube exits upon germination
- Stoma, a small opening on a plant leaf used for gas exchange
- An anatomical feature of the anther in some plant species, the opening through which pollen is released
- A characteristic surface feature of porate pollen
Cell and molecular biology
- Nuclear pore, a large protein complex that penetrates the nuclear envelope in eukaryotic cells
- Ion channel pore, the ion-selective opening in the membrane of a eukaryotic cell formed by members of the ion channel family of proteins
- A water-selective opening (water channel) in the membrane of a eukaryotic cell formed by assemblies of the protein aquaporin
Physical sciences
- One of many small openings in a solid substance of any kind that contribute to the substance's porosity (typical usage in earth sciences, materials science and construction)
- A small defect in the crystal structure that may arise during sintering to form solids from powders, including ceramics
- Pore (bread), an air pocket in bread
- Void (composites), a pore that remains unoccupied in a composite material
Other uses
- Pore, Casanare, a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia
- Ryan Pore (born 1983), American soccer player
- Daniel Alolga Akata Pore, Ghanaian politician
- P.O.R.E. (Partido Obrero Revolucionario de España), the Spanish Revolutionary Workers' Party
See also
- All pages with titles containing Pore
- Aperture
- Poor (disambiguation)
- Poore
- Pour (disambiguation)
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