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Webster 1913 Edition
Pertusion
Per-tu′sion
,Noun.
[L.
pertusio
.] The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument;
as,
. pertusion
of a vein[R.]
Arbuthnot.
2.
A punched hole; a perforation.
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pertusion
PERTU'SION
,Noun.
1.
The act of punching, piercing or thrusting through with a pointed instrument. The manner of opening a vein in Hippocrates's time, was by stabbing or pertusion.
2.
A little hole made by punching; a perforation.