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PERTU'SION, n. s as z. [L. pertusus, pertundo.]

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.

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