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Definition of Imperforate

1. Adjective. Not perforated; having no opening.

Definition of Imperforate

1. a. Not perforated; having no opening or aperture.

Definition of Imperforate

1. Adjective. Not perforated. ¹

2. Noun. (philately) A postage stamp that has not been perforated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Imperforate

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Imperforate

1. Having an abnormal closure or absence of a body opening or tubular organ (for example, a child born without an oesophagus would have an atretic birthdefect). (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperforate

Literary usage of Imperforate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"imperforate ileum is a term I wish to apply to a congenital defect in the small intestine induced by ... Although imperforate anus or rectum and im- ..."

2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1858)
"PROPOSED MODIFICATION IN OPERATIVE INTERFERENCE. By REDFERN DAVIES, Esq., Birmingham. The surgical epoch in which congenital imperforate anus will cease to ..."

3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1850)
"ON THE TREATMENT OF imperforate ANUS. ... The following observations of Mr. Erichsen apply to cases in which the anus is imperforate, and the lower part of ..."

4. A Treatise on the Diseases of Children: With Directions for the Management by Michael Underwood, Marshall Hall (1835)
"imperforate VAGINA. The vagina is sometimes imperforate on the external, at others only in ... I have never met with the external parts totally imperforate, ..."

5. Diseases of the Bladder, Prostate Gland, and Urethra: Including a Practical by Frederick James Gant (1884)
"imperforate Rectum, as a congenital malformation or deficiency, may exist in two primary conditions : imperforate anus; or, the anus leading into a ..."

6. A System of surgery: Theoretical and Practical by Timothy Holmes (1871)
"imperforate rectum is a deformity which, though sufficiently ran? to p>- vent most ... Cases of imperforate rectum may be divided into two classes, ..."

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