Pertusion

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pertusion \Per*tu"sion\, n. [L. pertusio.]
     The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument;
     as, pertusion of a vein. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
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     2. A punched hole; a perforation. --Bacon.


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