punctiform

American  

[puhngk-tuh-fawrm] / ˈpʌŋk təˌfɔrm /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of punctiform

1815–25; < Latin pūnct ( um ) point + -i- + -form

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Example Sentences

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punctiform

Fore wings acute; orbicular mark black, punctiform; reniform narrow, brown, bordered, excavated on the outer side; exterior border slightly convex.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

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

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

Mr. Cheyne removed fragments both of external and internal tables, one of the latter having made a punctiform opening, not admitting the finest probe, in the dura-mater.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins

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.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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