Synonym: bore, impale, penetrate, perforate, pierce, stab. Similar words: acupuncture, juncture, punctual, punctuate, tincture, compunction, unctuous, punctilious. Meaning: ['pʌŋktʃə(r)] 
n. 1. loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object 2. a small hole made by a sharp object 3. the act of puncturing or perforating. v. 1. pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into 2. make by piercing 3. reduce or lessen the size or importance of 4. cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing 5. be pierced or punctured.
n. 1. loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object 2. a small hole made by a sharp object 3. the act of puncturing or perforating. v. 1. pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into 2. make by piercing 3. reduce or lessen the size or importance of 4. cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing 5. be pierced or punctured. 
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31 There is no procedure that strikes more fear and trepidation into the hearts of the ignorant and misinformed than the lumbar puncture.
32 All I could offer was a hatchback whose tyres puncture as soon as it catches sight of anything other than motorway.
33 Biasion's puncture cost him two minutes and he ended the day two minutes and six seconds behind Fiorio.
34 Fresh blood oozed from puncture marks at its throat, and nothing had been eaten yet.
35 I could see from the four small puncture marks on Fenella's wrist that she had tried to stroke him during lunch.
36 It was only when doing a post-mortem that they discovered the two small puncture marks side by side on her left buttock.
37 If you say he's a Leo, you really want to try and puncture his dignity a bit.
38 The puncture let air rush in and out, spoiling nature's enclosed vacuum system.
39 They are very useful for rubbing down inner tubes when mending a puncture.
40 Blood was obtained by direct cardiac puncture for cholecystokinin assay.
41 I could hear the hissing sound of air escaping from the puncture.
42 A lumbar puncture is necessary for those who are severely ill or in those who show any suggestion of nuchal rigidity.
43 She plunged it through the Daine Thing, ignoring the clear fluid that squished out of the puncture, and drove it deep.
44 I think of it as a sort of leak in my brain, like a slow puncture.
45 If brining fatty birds such as goose and duck, puncture skin lightly with a fork.
46 Because neurological syphilis is so rare these days, the call for lumbar puncture is limited.
47 In fact, one of his most endearing qualities was his ability to puncture his own pomposity and poke fun at himself.
48 There is disagreement among neurologists as to whether lumbar puncture should proceed without tomography in these circumstances.
49 He filled the pipes that pacify the troubled, loaded the needles that puncture anxiety bubbles.
50 A lumbar puncture may be required if syphilis or granulomatous infection is suspected.
51 Abdominal ultrasound imaging showed non-dilated bile ducts, several fluid collections, and guided puncture yielded bile.
52 This time a thirty-year-old schoolteacher cycling home to Hunstanton who had a puncture on a lonely stretch of road.
53 The tyre's gone flat again -- I think we've got a slow puncture.
54 Puncture was performed according to fixed parameter.
55 Al: Don't forget your puncture outfit and crash helmet.
56 Conclusion Large cotton press is worthy of clinical application,[Sentencedict] because this method can be effective in preventing the occurrence of hematoma after femoral artery puncture.
57 Puncture is not only helpful in qualitative diagnosis of gynecological pelvic mass, but also in treatment for several diseases such as pelvic abscess, intimal cyst and parovarian cyst.
58 Objective:The effects and the complications of percutaneous puncture and neurolytic celiac plexus block guided by CT were studied for treating pancreatic cancer pain.
59 Methods 122 cases of ovarian cysts at ultrasound-guided puncture, took the allantoic fluid, ethanol inactivated cyst wall after normal saline washed cysts.
60 To sum up the nursing experience of intubation by anterior thoracic wall axillary vein puncture(IATAV).
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