PERPLICATION
\pˌɜːplɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], \pˌɜːplɪkˈeɪʃən], \p_ˌɜː_p_l_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By William R. Warner
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A method of tying arteries, which consists in making a small incision in the side of the artery, near its bleeding orifice, introducing a small pair of forceps, seizing the open extremity, and drawing it backward, through the aperture made in the side of the vessel, so as to form a kind of knot.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Latin] An operation for closing a divided vessel by drawing its free end through a puncture made in the vessel-wall.
By Alexander Duane
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A method of closing the end of a severed blood vessel by isolating the extremity, making a small hole in its side at a little distance from the end, introducing the points of a fine forceps through the puncture, seizing the free end, and drawing it backward through the puncture in the side. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).