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

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..

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

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..

Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks..

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..

Sea Colander :: Sea colander () A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes..

Baunscheidtism :: Baunscheidtism (n.) A form of acupuncture, followed by the rubbing of the part with a stimulating fluid..

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

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

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

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..

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..

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles..

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

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

Puncture :: Puncture (v. t.) To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin..

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.

Bipunctate :: Bipunctate (a.) Having two punctures, or spots..

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

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