perforation

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Treatment with Avastin can result in the development of a serious side effect called GI perforation, which is the development of a hole in the stomach, small intestine, or large intestine.

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  1. noun A hole or series of holes punched or bored through something, especially a hole in a series, separating sections in a sheet or roll.
  2. noun The act of perforating.
  3. noun The state of being perforated.

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  • The new racks also add 80 percent front-and-read-door perforation, aimed at improving efficiency by lowering the cold air restraint to the server. —  Betanews
  • Cross-checking W-2s for the return's line 8 off the place in the Martinsburg printout where the perforation, if you wanted to separate the thing's sheets, went right through the data and you had to hold it up against the light and almost sometimes guess, which his chalk leader said was a chronic bug with Systems but the wiggler was still accountable. —  The New Yorker
  • • Rust-perforation warranty - 12-year / unlimited-mileage coverage. —  Autoblog
  • A: Opal, Over-The-Counter ear wax removal systems are typically a safe alternative for the management of excessive ear wax if there is no chronic ear disease or a perforation (hole) present in the ear drum. —  SunHerald.com: Featured Story
  • The more severe side effects include; renal failure, acute hepatopathy, perforation, and gastrointestinal. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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rupture ·  hemorrhage ·  laceration ·  abscess ·  mucosa ·  necrosis ·  abrasion ·  peristalsis ·  cellulitis ·  pathology ·  transection ·  ulcer

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perforation:   perforations
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  1. = French perforation = Spanish perforacion = Portuguese perforação = Italian perforazione, from Middle Latin perforatio(n-), from Latin perforare, past participle perforate, bore through: see perforate
 

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