port
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6.8
- noun
- /pɔrt/
- Specialized
:
reservorio subcutáneo
- But you have a bio-port now.
- IV port
- saline drip port
We had gotten a virtual marriage license earlier that morning while I was in the OR getting prepped for a port to be implanted into my chest.
- We had gotten a virtual marriage license earlier that morning while I was in the OR getting prepped for a port to be implanted into my chest.
Examples
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Listen, they're gonna put a port right here, so don't have to keep sticking me.
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The port was a smooth metal tube, with no barb or enlargement.
Academic text (2009) -
I had to have my port removed as they believed that was the source of the infection.
Blog text (13) -
Each month he will need to go to the hospital to have the port flushed.
Blog text (26) -
But all Emile needed was the port and the privacy.
Fiction book (1991) -
The NGT wouldn't work and we had to be put on a port for nutrition, which she was on for three years.
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We had gotten a virtual marriage license earlier that morning while I was in the OR getting prepped for a port to be implanted into my chest.
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My doctor recommended that I get a port to make my blood draws easier.
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After the surgery, the port allows the nurse to administer chemotherapy without multiple needle sticks.
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The patient was relieved that the port meant fewer visits to the hospital for treatments.
Idioms
- Informal
Taking any help because the situation is bad even if it is not perfect
Compounds
- Formal
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4.4
A place like an airport or seaport where officers check people and goods entering a country
- Specialized
1
4.1
A part of a port where businesses bring, store, and send goods without paying taxes
- Specialized
1
3.7
A socket on a computer used to connect devices and send data one bit at a time
- Archaic
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4.3
A socket on a computer that connects devices like printers and sends data across many wires
A 1894 fight between China and Japan in which Japanese forces captured Port Arthur's forts and harbour
A large evergreen tree from the Pacific coast with blue green leaves and strong wood
Wood from the Port Orford cedar tree that is light, strong, and has a nice smell
- Australian
A large Australian tree with wide branches and roots that hang down, often planted for shade
- Australian
A small shrub with pink to rosy purple tube-shaped flowers that grows in southern and western Australia
- Specialized
A program that watches network ports and reports open or suspicious connections
- Specialized
An operation on the heart using small cuts and cameras to bypass blocked arteries while a machine keeps blood moving
- Specialized
A flat pink or purple birthmark on the skin caused by too many small blood vessels
- Archaic
A port in China, Korea, or Japan opened to foreign trade by treaty in the 1800s and early 1900s
Surface Forms
Etymology
Port The medical port is named from the same idea of a small 'gate' or entrance into the body, like a tiny door that lets medicine go directly to a vein, so a port gives long-term access for treatments.