Lexic.us

Definition of Puncture

1. Noun. Loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object.

2. Verb. Pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into. "Puncture a tire"

3. Noun. A small hole made by a sharp object.

4. Verb. Make by piercing. "Puncture a hole"

5. Noun. The act of puncturing or perforating.

6. Verb. Reduce or lessen the size or importance of. "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"

7. Verb. Cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing. "Puncture an air balloon"

8. Verb. Be pierced or punctured. "The tire punctured"

Definition of Puncture

1. n. The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.

2. v. t. To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.

Definition of Puncture

1. Noun. The act or an instance of puncturing. ¹

2. Noun. A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object. ¹

3. Verb. To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Puncture

1. to pierce with a pointed object [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puncture

punctulated punctulates punctulating punctule punctules punctum punctum caecum punctum delens punctum proximum punctum remotum

punctum vasculosum punctum vegetationis puncturable puncturation puncturations puncture (current term) punctured punctured interval punctured neighborhood punctured neighborhoods

punctureless puncturer puncturers punctures puncturing punctus percontativus pundette pundettes punding pundit

Literary usage of Puncture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Lumbar puncture and Examination of Gere* brospinal Fluid Lumbar puncture and ... See also references on Lumbar puncture in Part III. I. Cerebral puncture ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"This is more especially the case because lumbar puncture is a "blind" operation and is guided mostly by the sensation of touch, and success depends in no ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"Lumbar puncture was made but no fluid could be aspirated. ... Lumbar puncture is. in most cases, an excellent means of diagnosis, but frequently fails to ..."

4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"Methods of Exploratory puncture.—Before proceeding to describe my own method ... Rectal exploratory puncture. To abdominal exploratory puncture there can be ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1872)
"puncture of the Intestine in ... read the second part of his memoir on the practice of puncture in ..."

6. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"Position for and site of lumbar puncture. Further it is to be remembered that in ... In any case showing active cerebral symptoms, a lumbar puncture should ..."

7. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1876)
"As a general rule the puncture is productive of so much relief to pain that no other treatment is required, except to support the part, and occasionally to ..."

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