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puncture
punc·ture / ˈpəngkchər/ • n. a small hole in a tire resulting in an escape of air: she was on her way home when she had a puncture. ∎ a small hole in something such as the skin, caused by a sharp object: surgeons operate through small punctures in the skin | [as adj.] a puncture wound. • v. [tr.] make such a hole in (something): one of the knife blows had punctured a lung. ∎ [intr.] sustain such a small hole: the tire had punctured and it would have to be replaced. ∎ fig. bring about a dramatic reversal in (mood or behavior) resembling a sudden deflation or collapse: the earlier mood of optimism was punctured. ORIGIN: late Middle English: from Latin punctura, from punct- ‘pricked,’ from the verb pungere. The verb dates from the late 17th cent. |
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"puncture." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "puncture." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-puncture.html "puncture." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-puncture.html |
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puncture (punk-cher)
1. n. a wound made accidentally or deliberately by a sharp object or instrument. needle p. a puncture using a hollow needle to withdraw a sample of tissue (especially from the liver, bone marrow, or breast) for examination for diagnostic purposes. See also lumbar (puncture). 2. vb. to pierce a tissue with a sharp instrument. |
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"puncture." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "puncture." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-puncture.html "puncture." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-puncture.html |
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puncture
puncture •botcher, gotcha, top-notcher, watcher, wotcha
•imposture, posture
•firewatcher • birdwatcher
•debaucher, scorcher, torture
•Boucher, voucher
•cloture, encroacher, poacher, reproacher
•jointure • moisture
•cachucha, future, moocher, smoocher, suture
•butcher
•kuccha, scutcher, toucher
•structure
•culture, vulture
•conjuncture, juncture, puncture
•rupture • sculpture • viniculture
•agriculture • sericulture
•arboriculture • pisciculture
•horticulture • silviculture
•subculture • counterculture
•aquaculture • acupuncture
•substructure • infrastructure
•candidature • ligature • judicature
•implicature
•entablature, tablature
•prelature • nomenclature • filature
•legislature • musculature
•premature • signature • aperture
•curvature
•lurcher, nurture, percher, searcher
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"puncture." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "puncture." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-puncture.html "puncture." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-puncture.html |
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