pertusion noun2 •The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument.the manner of opening a vein at that time, was by stabbing or pertusion, as it is performed in horses. — 1727 •A punched hole; a perforation.many of the more subtle passages , pores , and pertusions appear not in anatomical dissections , because they are shut and latent in dead bodies — 1623 formspertusions
