释义 |
ˈperforating, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That perforates; boring, passing through; spec. applied to certain arteries, nerves, etc., which pierce or pass through other structures; fig. of mind or intellect: Piercing, penetrating. perforating machine = perforator 1 b, c. perforating muscle, the long flexor of the toes, and deep flexor of the fingers, the tendons of which perforate those of the perforated muscles; so perforating arteries. perforating ulcer, an ulcer in any part which perforates the structure; esp. an ulcer commencing on the sole or palm and slowly extending so as sometimes to perforate the foot or hand.
1661K. W. Conf. Charac. To Rdr. 1 To suppose..that your penetrating and perforating intellectualls will extract some honey from this aloes. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Perforatus, is a Muscle belonging to the Fingers,..its Tendons are Perforated to admit those of the Perforating Muscles to pass thro' them to their Insertions. 1842Dunglison Med. Lex., Perforating Arteries, in the hand,..in the thigh,..in the foot. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 172 Perforating ulcer of the foot was so called by Vesigné of Abbeville in 1850. 1878tr. H. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. VIII. 162 A perforating ulcer of the œsophagus, analogous to ‘perforating ulcer of the stomach’. 1895Westm. Gaz. 18 Sept. 3/2 One man had no less than three perforating wounds all in a perfectly clean condition. |