Definition of Perforations

1. Noun. (plural of perforation) ¹

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Definition of Perforations

1. perforation [n] - See also: perforation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perforations

perforating branch of peroneal artery
perforating branches
perforating branches of internal thoracic artery
perforating branches of palmar metacarpal arteries
perforating branches of plantar metatarsal arteries
perforating fibres
perforating folliculitis
perforating keratoplasty
perforating peroneal artery
perforating ulcer of foot
perforating vein
perforating veins
perforating wound
perforation
perforation gauge
perforations (current term)
perforative
perforator
perforators
perforce
perforin
perforins
perform
performability
performable
performance
performance-driven
performance arousal

Literary usage of Perforations

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"When examined, a few weeks after the discharge has ceased, the perforations will be found to have closed. We must, therefore, " admit that during ..."

2. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"perforations of the Gall-Tracts. The most interesting pathological phenomena in connection with diseases of the gall-tracts are the efforts made by nature ..."

3. Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States: Including a by Samuel James Record (1919)
"In a few cases, perhaps, simple perforations will occasionally be found in association with ... Scalariform perforations are never found in large vessels, ..."

4. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1919)
"ACUTE perforations OF THE ABDOMINAL VISCERA* WJ MAYO There is a certain surgical philosophy which not only interprets disease conditions from the clinical ..."

5. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"In a given species the perforations of the vessels are either ... In the latter case the two kinds of perforations either occur side by side with one ..."

6. Secrets in Stone: Yokes, Hachas and Palmas from Southern Mesoamerica by Edwin M. Shook, Elayne Marquis (1996)
"perforations: perforations occur on some hachas for either functional ... Both types of perforations may appear on a single specimen. ..."

7. The Electrical Review (1878)
"... {Requiring only 56 perforations.) on On the Post Office system the same message would be automatically transmitted thus :— (Requiring 112 perforations. ..."

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