imperforate

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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

The abnormal varieties in this series are of course the imperforate ones, and of these we present cuts of a full set in blocks of four, numbered 100 to 105 on Plate IX.

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

The 2nd or 1851 issue, as it is called in the circular, actually consisted of two series, the imperforate and perforate.

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

Colotomy in the left groin applicable in cases of imperforate anus and deficiency of rectum in infants.

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

Hare-lip, cleft palate, hernia and imperforate anus are physical abnormalities which are interesting to the surgeon rather than to the pathologist.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various