pertusion

English

Etymology

Latin pertusio.

Noun

pertusion (plural pertusions)

1. The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument.

   pertusion of a vein

   • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:

     the manner of opening a vein at that time, was by ſtabbing or pertusion, as it is performed in horses.

2. A punched hole; a perforation.
   • 1623, Francis Bacon, De augmentis scientiarum:

     many of the more subtle passages , pores , and pertusions appear not in anatomical dissections , because they are shut and latent in dead bodies

References

• “pertusion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Petronius, eruptions, pseurotin