imperforation

English

Etymology

Compare French imperforation.

Noun

imperforation (uncountable)

1. The state of being without perforation.
2. (medicine) Absence of perforation in a normally patent structure.

   Synonyms: atresia, impatency

Related terms

• imperforate

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “imperforation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)