pertusion

English

Etymology

Latin pertusio.

Noun

pertusion (plural pertusions)

  1. The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument.
    pertusion of a vein
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Arbuthnot to this entry?)
  2. A punched hole; a perforation.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pertusion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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