imperforate

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In a young condition they are tubular, but not folded; and often, according to Prof. Macgillivray, either one or both are at first imperforate.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

There are a good many specimens of these stamps imperforate, and they were on sale at a Canadian Post Office.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong

Operations for Artificial Anus.—In children the condition known as imperforate anus may sometimes be remedied by exploratory operations in the perineum, guided by the protrusion caused by the distended intestine.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

Rhabdamminina, rab-da-mi-nī′na, n. a group of marine imperforate foraminiferous protozoans.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Although made and approved, this stamp is said to have been withheld from issue in this imperforate condition.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr