pertusion

plural pertusions

1. The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument.

   pertusion of a vein

   1 more example

   the manner of opening a vein at that time, was by ſtabbing or pertusion, as it is performed in horses.

   1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations

2. A punched hole; a perforation.

   many of the more subtle passages , pores , and pertusions appear not in anatomical dissections , because they are shut and latent in dead bodies

   1623, Francis Bacon, De augmentis scientiarum