pertusion

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Etymology

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Latin pertusio.

Noun

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pertusion (plural pertusions)

  1. The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument.
    pertusion of a vein
    • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
      the manner of opening a vein at that time, was by ſtabbing or pertusion, as it is performed in horses.
  2. A punched hole; a perforation.
    • 1623, Francis Bacon, De augmentis scientiarum:
      many of the more subtle passages , pores , and pertusions appear not in anatomical dissections , because they are shut and latent in dead bodies

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