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  • 71perforation — Abnormal opening in a hollow organ or viscus. SYN: tresis. [see perforated] * * * per·fo·ra·tion .pər fə rā shən n 1) the act or process of perforating specif the penetration of a body part through accident or disease <spontaneous …

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  • 72Cladonia perforata — Conservation status Endangered ( …

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  • 73bórian — wv/t2 3rd pres bóraþ past bórode ptp gebórod 1. (1) to perforate; (2) to insert into a hole bored; 2. wv/i2 to bore into, make a hole, perforate; bórian in w.a. to bore into; …

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  • 74break — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. interruption, disconnection; breach, fracture, fissure, crack; pause; boon, advantage. v. crack, fracture, shatter; tame, subdue; change; train; surpass; violate, infringe. See brittleness,… …

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  • 75opening — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Open space Nouns 1. opening, hole, foramen; aperture, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence; chasm (see interval); breach. 2. (small opening) puncture, perforation, scuttle; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole …

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  • 76punch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. strike, hit, poke, beat, knock; puncture, perforate, pierce. See impulse, opening. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A blow] Syn. thrust, knock, stroke; see blow 1 . 2. [An instrument for denting or… …

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  • 77Passage — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion through. < N PARAG:Passage >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 passage passage transmission Sgm: N 1 permeation permeation Sgm: N 1 penetration penetration interpenetration Sgm: N 1 transudation transudation infiltration …

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  • 78imperforate — (adj.) 1670s, from IM (Cf. im ) + PERFORATE (Cf. perforate) (adj.) …

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  • 79perforation — n. the creation of a hole in an organ, tissue, or tube. This may occur in the course of a disease (e.g. a duodenal ulcer, colonic diverticulitis, or stomach cancer), allowing the contents of the intestine to enter the peritoneal cavity, which… …

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  • 80pierce — [[t]pɪərs[/t]] v. pierced, pierc•ing 1) to penetrate (something), as a pointed object does 2) to make a hole or opening in; perforate 3) to make (a hole or opening) by or as if by boring or perforating 4) to force or make a way into or through: a …

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