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noun
1.
a hole, or one of a series of holes, bored or punched through something, as those between individual postage stamps of a sheet to facilitate separation.
2.
a hole made or passing through a thing.
3.
the act of perforating.
4.
the condition or state of being perforated.
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Perforation
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
perforation
mid-15c., "action of perforating," from L.L. perforationem (nom. perforatio), from L. perforatus, pp. of perforare "bore or pierce through," from per- "through" + forare "to pierce" (see bore). Meaning "hole made through something" is recorded from 1540s.
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Medical Dictionary
perforation per·fo·ra·tion (pûr'fə-rā'shən)
n.
The act of perforating or the state of being perforated.
An abnormal opening in a hollow organ or viscus, as one made by rupture or injury.
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