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Poriform :: Poriform (a.) Resembling a pore, or small puncture..

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (v. t.) To treat with acupuncture.

Puncture :: Puncture (n.) The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.

Punctured :: Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.

Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.

Puncture :: Puncture (n.) A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin..

Acupuncturation :: Acupuncturation (n.) See Acupuncture.

Electro-puncturing :: Electro-puncturing (n.) See Electropuncture.

Electro-puncture :: Electro-puncture (n.) An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus..

Mosquito :: Mosquito (n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic..

Bedegar :: Bedegar (n.) A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties..

Cyclostyle :: Cyclostyle (n.) A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller..

Prick :: Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..

Puncturation :: Puncturation (n.) The act or process of puncturing. See Acupuncture.

Punctured :: Punctured (imp. & p. p.) of Punctur.

Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food..

Gall :: Gall (n.) An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut..

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.

Tattoo :: Tattoo (n.) An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors..

Aquapuncture :: Aquapuncture (n.) The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.

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