PUNCTURE
\pˈʌŋkt͡ʃə], \pˈʌŋktʃə], \p_ˈʌ_ŋ_k_tʃ_ə]\
Definitions of PUNCTURE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
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make by piercing; "puncture a hole"
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a small hole made by a sharp object
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loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
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be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"
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cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing; "puncture an air balloon"
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pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire"
By Princeton University
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reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
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make by piercing; "puncture a hole"
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a small hole made by a sharp object
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loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
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be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"
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cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing; "puncture an air balloon"
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pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin.
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To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.
By Oddity Software
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Incision of tissues for injection of medication or for other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Punctures of the skin, for example may be used for diagnostic drainage; of blood vessels for diagnostic imaging procedures.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A small hole or wound made by a pointed instrument.
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To make a hole in, or pierce, with a pointed instrument; to prick.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A wound made by a pointed instrument, as a sword, bayonet, needle, thorn, etc. A puncture is, generally, of trifling consequence; but, sometimes, it becomes important from the parts implicated, and the after consequences.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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