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punctiform

[ puhngk-tuh-fawrm ]

adjective

  1. shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of punctiform1

1815–25; < Latin ±èÅ«²Ô³¦³Ù ( um ) point + -i- + -form
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As in the nose, they have a punctiform, central, grayish, turbid portion, encircled by a more translucent ring, surrounded in its turn by a vascular area.

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On the other, posterior, side of the grain is a more or less evident, sometimes punctiform, sometimes elongated or linear mark, the hilum, the place where the ovule was fastened to the wall of the ovary.

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There may be a blood-stained discharge from the nostrils, and the mucous membrane thereof will often show punctiform hemorrhages.

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Dirty white, quite pallid, gelatinous, punctiform, slightly undulated; consisting of erect simple threads; frequently there is a slight tinge of yellow.

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Disc always open, at first punctiform, then dilated, convex or concave, naked.

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