Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Punction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Punction \Punc"tion\, n. [L. punctio, fr. pungere, punctum, to
prick: cf. F. ponction. Cf. {Puncheon}.]
A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture.
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