Home › Words › P › porogenporogenporogen means any of a mass of particles, of a specified shape and size, used to make pores in moulded structures used for tissue engineering (they are dissolved away after the structure has set).EtymologyFrom poro- + -gen.nounAny of a mass of particles, of a specified shape and size, used to make pores in moulded structures used for tissue engineering (they are dissolved away after the structure has set)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.porosification 60% match — The process of making or becoming porous. vs porogen →mesopore 58% match — Any pore of moderate size, but especially those between about 2 and 50 nanometers in width vs porogen →osteospheroid 57% match — A spheroidal cluster of stem cells grown on an osteoconductive scaffold vs porogen →isopore 56% match — Having pores of all the same size vs porogen →mesoporous 56% match — Having pores of a size between 2 and 50 nanometres. vs porogen →cryptopore 56% match — A pore too small to be penetrated by most microorganisms; of size smaller than 0.1 μm. vs porogen →micropore 55% match — A microscopic pore vs porogen →macroporous 55% match — Having macropores, i.e. pores of a relatively large size (e.g. greater than 50 nanometres). vs porogen →