port
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6.8
- noun
- /pɔrt/
- Specialized
- But you have a bio-port now.
- IV port
- saline drip port
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Watch on YouTubeWe 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
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8.1
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
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3.7
A socket on a computer used to connect devices and send data one bit at a time
- Specialized
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4.1
A part of a port where businesses bring, store, and send goods without paying taxes
- Archaic
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4.3
A socket on a computer that connects devices like printers and sends data across many wires
- Specialized
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6.6
A flat pink or purple birthmark on the skin caused by too many small blood vessels
- Archaic
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9.3
A port in China, Korea, or Japan opened to foreign trade by treaty in the 1800s and early 1900s
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7.4
A large evergreen tree from the Pacific coast with blue green leaves and strong wood
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7.7
Wood from the Port Orford cedar tree that is light, strong, and has a nice smell
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9.1
A 1894 fight between China and Japan in which Japanese forces captured Port Arthur's forts and harbour
- 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
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.