micropuncture

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noun

A very small puncture

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Meanings

nounmicropuncture (plural micropunctures)

plural micropunctures

  1. A very small puncture

    Parapsis shiny, with close micropunctures and sparse coarse punctures; mesoscutal disc shiny, with sparse micropunctures, nearly impunctate in middle.

    1982, Bulletin, volumes 81-82, page 81
verbmicropuncture (third-person singular simple present micropunctures, present participle micropuncturing, simple past and past participle micropunctured)

present singular third person micropunctures · participle present micropuncturing · participle past micropunctured · past micropunctured

  1. To make a very small puncture

Origin

From micro- + puncture.

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APA

micropuncture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micropuncture

MLA

“micropuncture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micropuncture. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “micropuncture,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micropuncture.

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