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Definition of Punctum
1. Noun. (anatomy) a point or small area.
Definition of Punctum
1. n. A point.
Definition of Punctum
1. Noun. (anatomy) a sharp tip of any part of the anatomy; a point or other small area ¹
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Definition of Punctum
1. a point [n PUNCTA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punctum
Literary usage of Punctum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thomæ Hobbes Malmesburiensis opera philosophica quæ latine scripsit omnia by Thomas Hobbes (1839)
"Nain prope punctum illud omnes incidentes ... tur si utrumque medium ejusdem
esset naturae ; deinde considerandum est punctum, in quo fit re- fractio. ..."
2. A Handbook of the diseases of the eye and their treatment by Henry Rosborough Swanzy (1897)
"Malposition of the punctum Lacrimale. i—Inversion of the punctum ... In stenosis,
the size of the punctum may become so extremely minute that even the ..."
3. The Science and Art of Surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries by John Eric Erichsen (1873)
"Slitting the punctum and Canaliculus.—In any case in which, without any special
exciting cause, the tears are found to run down the cheeks, this state of ..."
4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1861)
"The lower punctum of the right eye wae everted and lost in the thin tense skin
of the lid. By appropriate treatment, the condition of parts became much ..."
5. Robert Greene by John Clark Jordan (1915)
"CHAPTER II OMNE TULIT punctum THE motto which I have given as the name of this
chapter, Omne tulit punctum gui miscuit utile dulci, occurs upon the ..."
6. The Retrospect of Medicine by James Braithwaite, William Braithwaite (1861)
"The lower punctum of the right eye was everted and lost in the thin tense skin
of the lid. By appropriate treatment the condition of parts became much ..."
7. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1858)
"... where he pushes the point through the conjunctiva, and cuts out. If the punctum
is constricted a common pin is used as a dilator before the introduction ..."
8. The Science and Art of Surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries by John Eric Erichsen (1869)
"If the punctum be quite obstructed or disguised, it is well to be as sure as
possible that the knife is rightly directed ; if little pits be made in the ..."
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