The Collaborative International Dictionary
Punction
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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punction
n. A puncture or prick.
Usage examples of "punction".
He believes me immortal: morning and evening he sees physicians enter my room and hears me groan at each punction without his faith being shaken thereby.
Good, he thought, and without any com punctions at all he walked away.