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perforate
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per·fo·rate (pûrf-rt)
v.
1. To make a hole or holes in, as from injury, disease, or medical procedure.
2. To pass into or through (a body structure or tissue).
adj. (pûrfr-t, -f-rt)
Having been perforated.
perforate
Etymology: L, perforare, to pierce
1  v, [pur′fôrāt] to pierce, punch, puncture, or otherwise make a hole.
2  adj, [purfôrit] riddled with small holes.
3  adj, [pur′fôrit] (of the anus) having a normal opening; not imperforate. perforation, n.


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