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Definition of Perforated

1. Adjective. Having a hole cut through. "A punctured balloon"

2. Adjective. Having a number or series of holes. "Perforated stamp"

Definition of Perforated

1. Adjective. Pierced with holes. ¹

2. Adjective. ''Specifically'', having a series of holes enabling easy tearing along a straight line. ¹

3. Verb. (past of perforate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perforated

1. perforate [v] - See also: perforate

Medical Definition of Perforated

1. Pierced with one or more holes. Origin: L. Perforatus, fr. Per-foro, pp. -atus, to bore through (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perforated

perfluorooctanoate perfluorooctanoic perfluorooctanoic acid perfluorooctyl perfluorooctyl bromide perfluoropentacene perfluorosulfonate perfoliate perfoliate leaf perforable

perforans perforant perforant pathway perforata perforate perforated (current term) perforated eardrum perforated layer of sclera perforated space perforated ulcer

perforated viscus perforates perforating perforating abscess perforating appendicitis perforating arteries perforating arteries of foot perforating arteries of hand perforating arteries of internal mammary perforating branch of peroneal artery

Literary usage of Perforated

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

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"In most vertebrates there is only one median corpus albicans. The posterior perforated space (pons Tarini) corresponds to a whitish-gray fossa placed ..."

2. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1907)
"595 Farar perforated appendix Died. 602 Hopkins perforated appendix Died. 632 Dunn perforated appendix Died. 649 Cane Gangrene of intestine Died. ..."

3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1871)
"... by a waste-water pipe at the bottom of the tank, and beneath a perforated false bottom, fitted with a strainer which retains the oat-husks. ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1877)
"diagonal holes, with a thinner оме perforated with a similar number of ... The siren, although perforated and so forbidding dangerous resistance to the ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1883)
"NOTE UPON THE perforated INDIAN HUMERUS FOUND AT CONCORD, MASS. BY P,tOF. HENRY W. HAYNES. This interesting relic was exhibited at the ..."

6. Automatic Sprinkler Protection by Gorham Dana (1919)
"The first form of sprinkler to be used in practice was the perforated pipe. ... In the Locks and Canals Company was requiring perforated pipes in all ..."

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