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US
/ˈpɝfɝˌeɪt/
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[ UK /pˈɜːfəɹˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /pˈɜːfəɹˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
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pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
The bullet penetrated her chest -
make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
perforate the sheets of paper
ADJECTIVE
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having a hole cut through
a perforated eardrum
a punctured balloon
pierced ears
How To Use perforate In A Sentence
- The lymphatic vessels of the tongue may be divided into four groups: (1) apical, from the tip of the tongue to the suprahyoid glands and principal gland of the tongue; (2) lateral, from the margin of the tonguesome of these pierce the Mylohyoideus to end in the submaxillary glands, others pass down on the Hyoglossus to the superior deep cervical glands; (3) basal, from the region of the vallate papillæ to the superior deep cervical glands; and (4) median, a few of which perforate the Mylohyoideus to reach the submaxillary glands, while the majority turn around the posterior border of the muscle to enter the superior deep cervical glands. VIII. The Lymphatic System. 3. The Lymphatics of the Head, Face, and Neck
- Immediately above the anterior perforated substance, the pear-shaped head of the caudate nucleus is confluent with the putamen of the lentiform nucleus.
- The water vascular system of the sea stars open up at the madreporite, a perforated opening in the central part of the animal.
- Early appendicectomy was first recommended and performed for non-perforated acute appendicitis in the 1880s.
- Churinga, over a foot in length, they tell us, are not usually perforated; many churinga are not perforated, many are: _but the Arunta do not know why some are perforated_. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore
- These games could be defined simply as ` handball played with a paddle, 'the only difference being that paddleball employs a perforated wooden racquet and a large spongy ball, while racquetball, which is rapidly pushing both handball and paddleball into obscurity, employs a small strung racquet and a lively rubber ball. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 1
- The electrodes consist of metal grills covered with platinum or some other inoxidizable metal, and are placed in a vat with the intervention of perforated earthenware plates. Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887
- A laser beam that has a very shallow penetration depth and will perforate calcified plaque is the excimer laser.
- However,… the world does not in fact break easily along neatly perforated lines.
- It contains a double fold of pia mater, and its floor is formed by a transverse band of white substance, the anterior white commissure, which is perforated by bloodvessels on their way to or from the central part of the medulla spinalis. IX. Neurology. 3. The Spinal Cord or Medulla Spinalis